Vedan
/VEE-dan/
Summary
Vedan was an Arabian trading city mentioned as supplying merchandise to Tyre, possibly identifiable with the ancient port city of Aden.
☩Location and Trade
Vedan appears in Ezekiel's lament over Tyre among the merchant cities that traded with the great Phoenician port. It supplied wrought iron, cassia, and calamus. The city is likely identifiable with Aden on the southern shores of Arabia in the province of Yemen, commanding the strategic strait of Bab-el-Mandeb. Aden was called 'Eden' (Paradise) by the Arabs for its climate and trade, serving as a major entrepôt for products of Southern Asia and Eastern Africa. Some scholars alternatively suggest Waddan, a location between Mecca and Medina.
Key verses:Ezekiel 27:19
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Vedan," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. X (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.James Orr (ed.), "Vedan," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. V (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).