HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1720
דְּדָנִי
de.da.nim — Dedanite
Group of de.dan (דְּדָן "Dedan" H1719A) § Dedanim = "low country" descendants or inhabitants of Dedan
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Dedanim
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Historical dictionary entry
The descendants of Dedan, the son of Raamah. They are mentioned in Isa. 21:13 as sending out “travelling companies” which lodged “in the forest of Arabia.” They are enumerated also by Ezekiel (27:20) among the merchants who supplied Tyre with precious things.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.