Bedan
בְּדָןStrong’s H0917bedan (be-dan)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Bedan is the Hebrew word usually translated “bedan”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.”
Meaning
- A judge who followed Gideon
- A Manassite
How it's translated
- bedan 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Samuel 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
בְּדָן bedan · Bedan
A man of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.17; son of: Ulam (H0198) § Bedan = "in judging" 1) a judge who followed Gideon 2) a Manassite
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.