RODANIM — (Heb. רוֹדָנִים; possibly Rhodians, inhabitants of the island of Rhodes), descendants of Javan (Gen. 10:4). In I Chronicles 1:7 and in the Samaritan, Syriac, and Septuagint versions of Genesis 10:4 they are called Rodanim, while in the Masoretic… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Dodanim — or Rodanim, (דודנים), (Greek: Ρόδιοι) was, in the Book of Genesis, a son of Javan (thus, a great grandson of Noah). He is usually associated with the people of the island of Rhodes as their progenitor. im is a plural suffix in Hebrew, and the… … Wikipedia
Sons of Noah — This T and O map, which abstracts that society s known world to a cross inscribed within an orb, remakes geography in the service of Christian iconography and identifies the three known continents as populated by descendants of Shem (Sem), Ham… … Wikipedia
Javan — This article is about the Biblical name Javan. For Katherine Kurtz s fictional character, see Javan of Gwynedd. Javan is also an adjectival form for Java, which refers to something from the island of Java, and distinct from the term Javanese… … Wikipedia
Danunäer — bzw. Danuna (akkadisch KurDa nu na, phönizisch Dnn im, ägyptisch Dnwn/Dnjn/Dnan) ist die Bezeichnung eines Volks, das in der Region Adana ansässig war. Die Herkunft ihres Namens wird deshalb auch mit dem Ort Adana in Verbindung gebracht.… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Kittim — Die biblische Bezeichnung Kittim wird meist als das Königreich Kition auf der Mittelmeerinsel Zypern gedeutet.[1] Der Begriff scheint jedoch auch allgemein den Westen bezeichnet zu haben. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Hebräische Quellen 1.1 Bibel … Deutsch Wikipedia
Rhodos — Gemeinde Rhodos Δήμος Ρόδου (Ρόδος) … Deutsch Wikipedia
Descendants of Adam and Eve — Adam (Hebrew: אָדָם, ʼĀḏām, dust; man; mankind ; Arabic: آدم, ʼĀdam) and Eve (Hebrew: חַוָּה, Ḥawwā, living one ; Arabic: حواء, Ḥawwāʼ) were, according to the Book of Genesis of the Bible, the first man and woman created b … Wikipedia
Dodanim — Leaders, a race descended from Javan (Gen. 10:4). They are known in profane history as the Dardani, originally inhabiting Illyricum. They were a semi Pelasgic race, and in the ethnographical table (Gen. 10) they are grouped with the Chittim (q … Easton's Bible Dictionary
JAVAN — (Heb. יָוָן), fourth of the seven sons of Japheth, son of Noah and father of Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim (or Rodanim; Gen. 10:2, 4; 1 Chron. 1:5, 7). The name Javan reflects the Greek heroic name Ion, the legendary ancestor of the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism