Dict: easton - Kedar

Kedar @ dark-skinned, the second son of Ishmael kjv@Genesis:25:13). It is the name for the nomadic tribes of Arabs, the Bedouins generally kjv@Isaiah:21:16 kjv@Isaiah:42:11 kjv@Isaiah:60:7 ; kjv@Jeremiah:2:10; kjv@Ezekiel: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 kjv@Psalms:120:5). The Kedarites suffered at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar kjv@Jeremiah:49:28-29).