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Duke
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In Genesis 36:15-43 , is a long list of "dukes" of Edom; but the word duke, from the Latin dux, merely signifies a leader, and not an order of nobility; and the word chief or sheikh would have been preferable in our translation, 1 Chronicles 1:51 .
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Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Duke'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ats/​d/duke.html. 1859.
Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Duke'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ats/​d/duke.html. 1859.