Dedan

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Dedan
     low ground. (1.) A son of Raamah (Gen. 10:7). His descendants
     are mentioned in Isa. 21:13, and Ezek. 27:15. They probably
     settled among the sons of Cush, on the north-west coast of the
     Persian Gulf.
     


       (2.) A son of Jokshan, Abraham's son by Keturah (1 Chr. 1:32).
     His descendants settled on the Syrian borders about the
     territory of Edom. They probably led a pastoral life.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Dedan, their breasts; friendship; a judge