People of the Bible
Kedar
Family
- Father
- Ishmael (Son of Hagar)
- Brothers and sisters
- Adbeel, Bashemath, Dumah, Hadar, Jetur, Kedemah, Massa, Mibsam, Mishma, Naphish, Nebajoth, Tema
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Dark-skinned, the second son of Ishmael (Gen. 25:13).
It is the name for the nomadic tribes of Arabs, the Bedouins generally (Isa. 21:16; 42:11; 60:7; Jer. 2:10; Ezek. 27:21), who dwelt in the north-west of Arabia. They lived in black hair-tents (Cant. 1:5). To “dwell in the tents of Kedar” was to be cut off from the worship of the true God (Ps. 120:5). The Kedarites suffered at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar (Jer. 49:28, 29).
From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.
Named in 10 verses
- Genesis
- 25:13
- 1 Chronicles
- 1:29
- Song of Solomon
- 1:5
- Isaiah
- 21:16, 21:17, 42:11, 60:7
- Jeremiah
- 2:10, 49:28
- Ezekiel
- 27:21
The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.