Hebrew word · H1721

רוֹדָנִים

vedodanim

Dodanim

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

People descended from Dodan(?) of the Greeks, first mentioned at Gen.10.4; descended from Javan (H3120); along with Elishah (H0473), Tarshish (H8659) and Kittim (H3794); also called Rodanim or Rodanites at 1Ch.1.7;

§ Dodanim or Rodanim = "leaders"

sons or descendants of Javan

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Genesis · 1

  1. Genesis 10:4 וְדֹדָנִֽים׃ and Dodanim

    And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 1:7 וְרוֹדָנִֽים׃ ס and Rodanim

    And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.

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