Bible Dictionary

Dekar

The name Dekar means “force”.

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1863

(a lancer). The son of Dekar, i.e. Ben Dekar, was Solomon’s commissariat officer in the western part of the hill-country of Judah and Benjamin, Shaalbim and Bethshemesh. (1 Kings 4:9) (B.C. before 1014.)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 1915

de'-kar (deqer, "lancer"): Father of one of Solomon's commissaries (1Ki 4:9 the King James Version). See BEN-DEKER.