KEDAR

A son of Ishmael, Ge 25:13, the father of the Kedarenians or Cedrei, mentioned by Pliny, who dwelt in the neighborhood of the Nabatheans, in Arabia Deserta. They were a numerous and powerful tribe, not of the best reputation, Ps 120:5, and their name is sometimes put for the whole of Arabia Desert and its wandering inhabitants, Isa 21:16,17 42:11. Their black camel’s hair tents are a picturesque feature in a landscape, So 1:5.

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Kedar. Kedar
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).

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Kedar. blackness; sorrow

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KEDAR. 1. Son of Ishmael Ge 25:13; 1Ch 1:29 2. A nomadic clan of the Ishmaelites Ps 120:5; So 1:5; Isa 21:16; 42:11; 60:7; Jer 49:28
* Flocks of Isa 60:7; Jer 49:28
* Princes and commerce of Eze 27:21

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a clan of Ishmaelites Ps 120:5; Isa 21:16; 42:11; 60:7; Jer 49:28