This name belongs to 3 different people and places in the Bible:
Definition
or (prolonged) דְּדָנֶה; (Ezekiel 25:13), of uncertain derivation; Dedan, the name of two Cushites and of their territory
Traditional renderings: Dedan.
Traditional renderings: Dedan.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
11 total
- Genesis 10:7וּדְדָֽן׃ · and DedanThe sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
- Genesis 25:3 (2×)דְּדָ֑ן · and Dedan; דְדָ֔ן · of DedanJokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites, and the Leummites.
- 1 Chronicles 1:9וּדְדָֽן׃ס · and DedanThe sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
- 1 Chronicles 1:32וּדְדָֽן׃ס · and DedanThe sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.
- Jeremiah 25:23דְּדָ֤ן · DedanDedan, Tema, Buz, and all who cut the corners of their hair;
- Jeremiah 49:8דְּדָ֑ן · of DedanTurn and run! Lie low, O dwellers of Dedan, for I will bring disaster on Esau at the time I punish him.
- Ezekiel 25:13וּדְדָ֖נֶה · to Dedan…therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword.
- Ezekiel 27:15דְדָן֙ · of DedanThe men of Dedan were your clients; many coastlands were your market; they paid you with ivory tusks and ebony.
- Ezekiel 27:20דְּדָן֙ · DedanDedan was your merchant in saddlecloths for riding.
- Ezekiel 38:13וּ֠דְדָן · and DedanSheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its villages will ask, ‘Have you come to capture the plunder? Have you assembled your hordes to carry away loot, to make off with silver and gold, to take cattle and goods, to seize great spoil?’