Bible Location
Meaning: blackness; sorrow · 9 cross references · Modern-day map available
Kedar refers to the Arabian tribal world descended from Ishmael and associated with the desert peoples of the north-western Arabian region. It is important because it appears in poetry, prophecy, and international references as a recognizable desert people known for tents, flocks, and wide-ranging movement. First appears in Ps 120:5.1
Place meaning
blackness; sorrow
Coordinates
27.40, 37.70
First appears
Ps 120:5
AI summary: Kedar's significance lies in representing the nomadic Arabian world within the Bible's wider horizon. References to Kedar evoke black tents, flocks, trade, distance, and the life of the desert peoples east and south of the land. Prophetic passages also include Kedar among the nations under God's notice and judgment, while poetic texts use it as a vivid cultural image. The cross references present Kedar as an important tribal and regional name in the Bible's picture of Arabia.1
Place meaning
blackness; sorrow
Latitude
27.40
Longitude
37.70
Bible references
9
Dark-skinned, the second son of Ishmael (Gen. 25:13).
It is the name for the nomadic tribes of Arabs, the Bedouins generally (Isa. 21:16; 42:11; 60:7; Jer. 2:10; Ezek. 27:21), who dwelt in the north-west of Arabia. They lived in black hair-tents (Cant. 1:5). To “dwell in the tents of Kedar” was to be cut off from the worship of the true God (Ps. 120:5). The Kedarites suffered at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar (Jer. 49:28, 29). 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.