Topic
Dedan
10 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 10:7Easton · Smith · Nave 1. Son of Raamah
And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
- 1 Chronicles 1:32Easton · Smith · Nave 2. Son of Jokshan
¶ Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.
- Genesis 25:3Smith · Nave 2. Son of Jokshan
And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
- 1 Chronicles 1:9Smith · Nave 1. Son of Raamah
And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
- Ezekiel 27:15Easton · Nave 3. A country, probably bordering on Edom
The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony.
- Isaiah 21:13Easton
¶ The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.
- Jeremiah 49:8Nave 3. A country, probably bordering on Edom
Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.
- Ezekiel 25:13Nave 3. A country, probably bordering on Edom
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.
- Ezekiel 27:20Nave 3. A country, probably bordering on Edom
Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.
- Ezekiel 38:13Nave 3. A country, probably bordering on Edom
Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a…
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 4 references
Low ground. (1.) A son of Raamah (Gen. 10:7). His descendants are mentioned in Isa. 21:13, and Ezek. 27:15. They probably settled among the sons of Cush, on the north-west coast of the Persian Gulf.
(2.) A son of Jokshan, Abraham’s son by Keturah (1 Chr. 1:32). His descendants settled on the Syrian borders about the territory of Edom. They probably led a pastoral life.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 4 references
- The name of a son of Raamah, son of Cush. (Genesis 10:7; 1 Chronicles 1:9)
- A son of Jokshan, son of Keturah. (Genesis 25:3; 1 Chronicles 1:32) (B.C. after 1988.)
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.