The Definition of the word Dodanim

Dodanim

Leaders, a race descended from Javan (Gen. 10:4). They are known "in profane history as the Dardani, originally inhabiting" "Illyricum. They were a semi-Pelasgic race, and in the" ethnographical table (Gen. 10) they are grouped with the Chittim "(q.v.). In 1 Chr. 1:7, they are called Rodanim. The LXX. and the" "Samaritan Version also read Rhodii, whence some have concluded" "that the Rhodians, the inhabitants of the island of Rhodes, are" meant.