kedemoth Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
kedemoth in Easton's Bible Dictionary
beginnings; easternmost, a city of Reuben, assigned to the Levites of the family of Merari (Josh. 13:18). It lay not far NE of Dibon-gad, east of the Dead Sea.
kedemoth in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(beginnings), one of the towns in the district east of the Dead Sea allotted to the tribe of Reuben, #Jos 13:18| given by the Merarite Levites. #Jos 21:37; 1Ch 6:79| It possibly conferred its name on the "wilderness," or uncultivated pasture land, "of Kedemoth." #Nu 21:33; De 2:26,27| etc.
kedemoth in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
KED'EMOTH (easternmost), a town in the district east of the Dead Sea, belonging to the tribe of Reuben, Josh 13:18, and assigned to the Merarite Levites. Josh 21:37; 1 Chr 6:79. In the surrounding wilderness Moses encamped before passing through the Amorite country. Deut 2:26.
kedemoth in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
("easternmost parts".) A town E. of the Dead Sea, assigned to Reuben (Joshua 13:18), then to the Merarite Levites (Joshua 21:37). A wilderness or uncultivated pasture adjoining was named from it; where Israel encamped when Moses asked leave of Sihon to pass through the Amorite country (Deuteronomy 2:26, etc.).