קֵדָר
qe.dar
Kedar
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Qedar (H6938): A Biblical Proper Noun Based on the lexical data provided, Qedar is a proper noun appearing 12 times in the Hebrew Bible. The lemma is classified as a name rather than a common word with descriptive meaning, indicating it refers to a specific entity or group rather than a general concept. This concentration of occurrences—all instances being nominal references—suggests the term held particular significance within biblical narratives and genealogical traditions. Without access to the specific passages where Qedar appears, the definition "Kedar" indicates this likely refers to either a person (possibly a biblical patriarch or ancestor) or a people group known by this name. The consistent use as a proper noun across 12 occurrences suggests it maintained stable reference throughout biblical texts, whether denoting an individual, a lineage, or a tribal/national group. The moderate frequency of appearance indicates moderate rather than central importance to biblical historiography or theology. The significance of proper nouns in biblical texts typically relates to genealogy, territorial identity, or ethnic distinction. Without additional lexical data detailing the specific contexts of these 12 occurrences, we can conclude only that Qedar represented a distinct entity recognized across multiple biblical books or sources, warranting consistent naming conventions.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
12 total occurrences across the text
Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
Song of Solomon 1:5I am dark, but lovely, you daughters of Jerusalem, like Kedar’s tents, like Solomon’s curtains.
Isaiah 21:16For the Lord said to me, “Within a year, as a worker bound by contract would count it, all the glory of Kedar will fail,
Isaiah 21:17and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, will be few; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has spoken it.”
Isaiah 42:11Let the wilderness and its cities raise their voices, with the villages that Kedar inhabits. Let the inhabitants of Sela sing. Let them shout from the top of the mountains!
Isaiah 60:7All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered together to you. The rams of Nebaioth will serve you. They will be accepted as offerings on my altar; and I will beautify my glorious house.
Jeremiah 2:10For pass over to the islands of Kittim, and see. Send to Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there has been such a thing.
Jeremiah 49:28Of Kedar, and of the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck. Yahweh says: “Arise, go up to Kedar, and destroy the children of the east.
Jeremiah 49:28Of Kedar, and of the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck. Yahweh says: “Arise, go up to Kedar, and destroy the children of the east.
Ezekiel 27:21“ ‘ “Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar were the merchants of your hand; in lambs, rams, and goats. In these, they were your merchants.
Genesis 25:13These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to the order of their birth: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
1 Chronicles 1:29These are their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,