Dict: smith - TIDAL

smith:

TIDAL - T>@ - (great son) is mentioned only in kjv@Genesis:14:1 kjv@Genesis:14:9) (B.C. about 1900.) He is called "king of nations," from which we may conclude that he was a chief over various nomadic tribes who inhabited different portions of Mesopotamia at different seasons of the year, as do the Arabs at the present day.