Lexical Definition

‎דְּדָן‎ Dᵉdân (ded-awn') Dedan ^N:N--L
or (prolonged) דְּדָנֶה Dᵉdâneh (deh-daw'-neh); (Ezekiel 25:13), of uncertain derivation

Dedan.

• § Dedan = "low country"
• Dedan, the name of two Cushites and of their territory

n pr m
1) the son of Raamah and grandson of Cush. A son of Jokshan and grandson of Keturah
n pr loc
2) a place in south Arabia

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎דְּדָן‎ proper name, of a location & a people; — ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Gen 10:7 + 8 t. + Ezek 27:20 (but see below) with ‎ה‎ locative ‎דְּדָ֫נֶה‎ Ezek 25:13 compare Ges^{«GKC:90»§ 90}, 2 near the end; —

1. under figure of son of ‎רַעֲמָה‎ and grandson of ‎כּוּשׁ‎ (see these arts.) Gen 10:7 (brother of ‎שְׁבָא‎) = 1Chr 1:9; Ezek 27:20 compare ‎׳‎‎בְּנֵי ד‎ vEzek 27:15 (but read here perhaps ‎רדן‎ ᵐ5 υιὁὶ Ῥοδίων, compare Sta^{De Pop. Javan. 11}, also ᵑ6 Co; see below ‎דֹּדָנִים‎ below) compare also Ezek 38:13, ‎׳‎‎שְׁבָא וּד‎; south-Arabian tribe on Persian Gulf, = Sabean ‎בנו‎ ‎דדן‎ according to DHM^{ZMG 1876, 122; Sab. Denkm. 28 (dubit. Mordt)}; but in northwest of Arabian peninsula, Glaser^{Skizze ii. 391 ff.}; perhaps originally further south compare Di Gen 10:7.

2. as son of ‎יָקְשָׁן‎ father of ‎אַשּׁוּרִם‎ etc., Gen 25:3 (twice in verse) (here also brother of ‎שְׁבָא‎) = 1Chr 1:32; Jer 25:23; Jer 49:8 ‎׳‎‎ישְׁבֵי ד‎. This is apparently a northern branch of 1, compare Di Gen 25:3. — On ‎דדן‎ in MI^31,31 compare Sm & So^{MI p. 29} Nö^{LCB Jan. 8, 1887} ClGann^{JAssyrian Jan. 1887. 107}.

‎דְּדָ֫נֶה‎ see ‎דְּדָןָ‎.

Also see: דֹּדָנִים

‎רֹדָן‎ proper name, of a location or a people Rhodes, Rhodians, so read, ‎׳‎‎בְּנֵי ר‎ Ezek 27:15 (for ᵑ0 ‎בְּנֵי דְּדָן‎, see ‎׳‎‎ד‎ 1), ᵐ5 Sta Co Berthol Toy Krae.

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