Keturah

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Meaning: incense

The wife of Abraham, whom he married probably after Sarah's death (Gen 25:1ff), by whom he had six sons, whom he sent away into the east country. Her nationality is unknown. She is styled "Abraham's concubine" (1Chr 1:32). Through the offshoots of the Keturah line Abraham became the "father of many nations."


This entry includes text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897.

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