Ge 15:19, a tribe of Canaanites who inhabited the promised land east of the Jordan, about mount Hermon. Some have fancied that Cadmus, the supposed inventor of the Greek alphabet, and who came from the East, was a Kadmonite. If so, he only introduced into Greece the alphabet of his own country, since the Greek letters are obviously derived from the Phoenician or ancient Hebrew letters.

Orientals, the name of a Canaanitish tribe which inhabited the north-eastern part of Palestine in the time of Abraham (Ge 15:19). Probably they were identical with the "children of the east," who inhabited the country between Palestine and the Euphrates.

From Kedem," children of the East," the tribes roaming in the wilds S. and S.E. of Palestine.

One of the nations whose land was promised to Abram's seed (Ge 15:19). Their habitat was probably in the region of the Dead Sea. The fact that Kedemah is said to be a son of Ishmael (Ge 25:15) renders it likely that they were Ishmaelite Arabs. Ewald, however, regarded Qadmoni as equivalent to Bne Qedhem ('Sons of the East')

Kad'monites

One of the ancient peoples who possessed the land promised to Abraham. Ge 15:19. Probably the same as bene-Kedem, 'children of the east.' Jg 6:3.

Kad'monites

(Orientals), The, a people named in

Ge 15:19

only; one of the nations who at that time occupied the land (Canaan) promised to the descendants of Abram. The name is probably a synonym for the Bene-Kedem --the "children of the East."

KADMONITES, ancient inhabitants of the land of Canaan, whose habitation was beyond Jordan, to the east of Phenicia, Ge 15:19. The Kadmonites were descended from Canaan, the son of Ham. It has been conjectured that the celebrated Cadmus, the founder of Thebes in Boeotia, was originally a Kadmonite; and that his wife, Hermione, was so named from Mount Hermon.