First name Kedar in the world's Bibles

In the bible, Kedar is the name of the second-born son of Ishmael (GEN 25:13). Meaning of the name: blackness; sorrow. Related names are: Nebaioth, Ishmael, Adbeel . The translations of Kedar in 22 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the below, from Kê-Đa in Vietnamese to কেদর in Bengali!

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And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, (GEN 25:13)

These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, (1CH 1:29)

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! (PSA 120:5)

I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. (SON 1:5)

For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail: (ISA 21:16)

And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it. (ISA 21:17)

Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains. (ISA 42:11)

All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory. (ISA 60:7)

For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing. (JER 2:10)

Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east. (JER 49:28)

Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants. (EZE 27:21)

First name Kedar in the world's Bibles

Popularity of the name Kedar in its translations around the world

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