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dē´dan, dē´dan-ı̄ts (the King James Version Dedanim, ded´a-nim; דּדן, dedhaÌ„n, “low,â€ ×“Ö¼×“× ×™×, dedhaÌ„nı̄m): An Arabian people named in as descended from Cush; in as descended from Keturah. Evidently, they were, like the related Sheba (Sabaeans), of mixed race (compare , ). In allusion is made to the “caravans of Dedanites†in the wilds of Arabia, and Ezek mentions them as supplying Tyre with precious things (; in , “Dedan†should probably be read as in Septuagint, “Rodan,†i.e. Rhodians). The name seems still to linger in the island of Dadan, on the border of the Persian Gulf. It is found also in Min. and Sab. inscriptions (Glazer, II, 392ff).