# Almodad

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**Almodad** (Hebrew: אַלְמוֹדָד *’Almōḏāḏ*) was a descendant of [Noah](/source/Noah) and the first named son of [Joktan](/source/Joktan) in and . While the Bible has no further history regarding Almodad, this patriarch is considered to be the founder of an Arabian tribe in "[Arabia Felix](/source/Arabia_Felix)".[1] This is based on the identification of Joktan's other sons, such as [Sheba](/source/Sheba_(son_of_Joktan)) and [Havilah](/source/Havilah), who are both identified as coming from that region.[2]

According to *[Easton's Bible Dictionary](/source/Easton's_Bible_Dictionary)* "Almodad" means "immeasurable", however it has also been translated as "not measured",[3] "measure of God",[4] "the beloved," or, "God is beloved",[5] "God is love",[6] and "God is a friend".[7][8]

Many translations and scholarly works use "Elmodad", including [Josephus](/source/Josephus),[9] [Douay–Rheims Bible](/source/Douay%E2%80%93Rheims_Bible)[10] and the [Targum Ps.-Jonathan](/source/Targum_Pseudo-Jonathan), which elaborates Gen 10:26 and says "begot *Elmodad*, who measured the earth with cords."[11][12][13]

## See also

- [List of minor biblical figures, A–K](/source/List_of_minor_biblical_figures,_A%E2%80%93K)

## References

1. Charles Forster (1844). "Section II: Settlements of Joktan". *The Historical Geography of Arabia (Volume I)*. pp. 77–175. The family of this patriarch seems to have been correctly traced by [Bochart](/source/Samuel_Bochart), in the [Almodaei](/source/Almodaei), or [Allumaeotae](/source/Allumaeotae), a central people of [Arabia Felix](/source/Arabia_Felix), noticed by [Ptolemy](/source/Ptolemy); and whose geographical position can be pretty exactly ascertained, both by the statement of the Alexandrine geographer, and by the nature of the adjoining country.

1. Skinner, D.D., John, *A Critical and Exegitical Commentary on Genesis*, T&T Clark Ltd., 1910 (1980 ed.), p. 221. ISBN 0-567-05001-7.

1. Roswell Dwight Hitchcock; Nathaniel West; Alexander Cruden (1870). [*Hitchcock's New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible*](http://christianthings.com/reading/biblena.html). A.J. Johnson. ISBN 978-0-8370-1742-6.

1. "Almodad". *[International Standard Bible Encyclopedia](/source/International_Standard_Bible_Encyclopedia)*. 1915.

1. Thomas Inman (2002). "Almodad". *Ancient Faiths Embodied in Ancient Names Part 1*. Kessinger Publishing. p. 231. ISBN 978-0-7661-2668-8.

1. Alfred J. Kolatch (2005). "Almodad". *The Comprehensive Dictionary of English & Hebrew First Names*. Jonathan David Company. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-8246-0455-4.

1. David K. Stabnow (2006). "Almodad". *HCSB Super Giant Print Dictionary and Concordance*. Broadman & Holman. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-8054-9489-1.

1. Josephus. ["Book I"](http://www.ccel.org/j/josephus/works/ant-1.htm). *Antiquities of the Jews*

1. ["The First Book of the Chronicles"](http://www.hebrewoldtestament.com/B13C001.htm), Parallel Hebrew Old Testament

1. ["Section II. Toledoth"](http://www.targum.info/pj/pjgen6-11.htm). *Targum Ps.-Jonathan*

1. "Almo'dad". *The Bible Dictionary*. 1875. p. 51. [OCLC 26196495](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26196495)

1. Alexander Toepel (2006). "Yonton Revisited: A Case Study in the Reception of Hellenistic Science within Early Judaism". *Harvard Theological Review*. **99** (3): 235–245. [doi:10.1017/S0017816006001234](https://doi.org/10.1017/S0017816006001234). [S2CID 162433476](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:162433476)

## Further reading

- Alfred Jones (1990). "Almodad". *Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names*. Kregel Publications. ISBN 978-0-8254-2961-3.
- John Relly Beard (1850). "Almodad". *The People's Dictionary of the Bible*. Simpkin, Marshall. p. 45. [OCLC 8293675](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8293675)

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