Or RODANM, 1Ch 1:7, a people descended from Japhet through Javan, Ge 10:4. They are associated, by the above passage, and by dim etymological inferences, with the island of Rhodes or some location on the north coast of the Mediterranean.

leaders, a race descended from Javan (Ge 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 (Ge 10) they are grouped with the Chittim (q.v.). In 1Ch 1:7, they are called Rodanim. The LXX. and the Samaritan Version also read Rhodii, whence some have concluded that the Rhodians, the inhabitants of the island of Rhodes, are meant.

(Ge 10:4) DODANIM or RODANIM (1Ch 1:7); since the Hebrew letter Daleth (?) and the Hebrew letter Resh (?), closely resemble One another in Hebrew, Septuagint and Samaritan versions translate "the inhabitants of Rhodes," the large island in the E. part of the Mediterranean; in Greek meaning "island of roses;" its coins are stamped with a rose. Sprung from Javan (Ionia, "the Greek race"), son of Japhet. Gesenius identifies them with the Dardani of Illyricum and Troy, a semi-Pelasgic race, akin to the Kittim or Chittim. Dodona, seat of the oracle in Epirus, is a kindred name.

Named in the Massoretic Text of Ge 10:4 among the descendants of Javan, or Ionians. The Septuagint and Sam. versions and the parallel passage 1Ch 1:7 read Rodanim, i.e. Rhodians. Cf. the true reading of Eze 27:15 under Dedan.

J. F. McCurdy.

Doda'nim

Descendants of Javan, son of Japheth. Ge 10:4; 1Ch 1:7. In the margin the name is RODANIM, which has some manuscript authority.

Dod'anim

(leaders),

Ge 10:4; 1Ch 1:7

a family or race descended from Javan, the son of Japhet.

Ge 10:4; 1Ch 1:7

Dodanim is regarded as identical with the Dardani, who were found in historical times in Illyricum and Troy.