The word Dedan means `low ground`. The people are called Dedanim or Dedanites. In the Bible, it can refer to either: Dedan, in the latter meaning, is first mentioned in the Book of Ezekiel, (Chapters 27 and 38). Chapter 27 is a roster of the trading partners of the city of Tyre (today in modern Lebanon), where Dedan is noted as a nation or kingd.....