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Hemdan
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Hemdan: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
son of Dishan of Seir
Hebrew
Strongs #02533: Ndmx Chemdan
Hemdan = "desire"1) the eldest son of Dishon, son of Anah the Horite
2533 Chemdan khem-dawn'
from 2531; pleasant; Chemdan, an Idumaean:-Hemdan.see HEBREW for 02531
Hemdan [NAVE]
HEMDAN, son of Dishon, Gen. 36:26.HEMDAN [SMITH]
(pleasant), the eldest son of Dishon, son of Anah the Horite. (Genesis 36:26) [AMRAM, 2] (B.C. about 1500.)HEMDAN [ISBE]
HEMDAN - hem'-dan (chemdan, "pleasant"): A descendant of Seir, the Horite (Gen 36:26). Wrongly translated "Amram" by the King James Version in 1 Ch 1:41 (the Revised Version (British and American) "Hamran"), where the transcribers made an error in one vowel and one consonant, writing (chamran), instead of (chemdan).