RODANIM rō’ də nĭm (some Heb. MSS: רﯴדָנִֽים, LXX ̔Ρόδιοι). the MT has Rōdanīm in 1 Chronicles 1:7, but Dōdanĩm in Genesis 10:4. Clearly the same ethnic group is in view, so that both spellings cannot be correct. Most scholars conclude from the fact that the Rodanim are included among the islanders of the Aegean area that “Rhodians” (inhabitants of the island of Rhodes) are meant. This can be explained, because the Heb. letters r and d resemble each other. Dodanim is the more difficult to explain. This does not mean it is less likely as the true reading. No plausible identification of Dodanim has been proposed.