How to Pronounce Kedar
KEH-dar
Kedar is pronounced KEH-dar (ˈkiːdə): two syllables, stress on the first. Also heard: KEE-dahr, KEE-duhr.
What does Kedar mean?
Kedar means “blackness; sorrow”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
What is Kedar?
Kedar was the second son of Ishmael (Genesis 25:13), and the name became that of the Arabian people descended from him. Scripture pictures them as tent-dwelling nomads with great flocks and skilled archers in the eastern wilderness (Isaiah 60:7, Isaiah 21:17), and the psalmist laments dwelling in their tents (Psalms 120:5).
Also pronounced
KEE-dahr
KEE-duhr
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