קֵדָר
Qêdâr · kay-dawr'
Kedar, a son of Ishmael; also (collectively) Bedouin (as his descendants or representatives)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6937 (קָדַר); dusky (of the skin or the tent);
Kedar, a son of Ishmael; also (collectively) Bedouin (as his descendants or representatives)
- Kedar, a son of Ishmael
- also, (collectively) Bedouin (as his descendants or representatives)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Kedar.
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the doorway, the way in › the head, the highest
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the doorway, the way in of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קֵדָר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of kedar6 · 50%
- and kedar1 · 8%
- then kedar1 · 8%
- that kedar1 · 8%
- unto kedar1 · 8%
- concerning kedar1 · 8%
- to kedar1 · 8%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.