oriental; ancient; first
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
KEDEMAH.A son of Ishmael (Gen_25:15 = 1Ch_1:31). The clan of which he is the eponymous head has not been identified. See also Kadmonites.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
("eastward".) Youngest of Ishmael's sons (Gen_25:15).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Ked'emah. (eastward). The youngest of the sons of Ishmael. Gen_25:15; 1Ch_1:31.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
ked?ḗ-ma, kḗ-dē?ma (קדמה, ḳēdhemāh, ?eastward?): Son of Ishmael (Gen_25:16), head of a clan (1Ch_1:31). See KADMONITE.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Kedemah
(Heb. Ked'mah, קֵדְמָה, eastward; Sept. Κεδμά, but in Chronicles v. r. Κεδάμ), the last named of the sons of Ishmael, and probably head of an Arab tribe called by the same title (Gen_25:15; 1Ch_1:31) B.C. post 2061.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.