בְּדָןBᵉdân

Bedan, the name of two Israelites

Pronunciation: bed-awn' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H917

Meanings

1. a judge of Israel, but read probably בָּרָק (1 Samuel 12:11; Judges 4:6)

2. a Manassite (1 Chronicles 7:17)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Samuel 12:11 Then the Lord sent Gideon, Bedan, Jephthah, and Samuel to save you, and you lived in safety.
  • 1 Chronicles 7:17 The son of Ulam was Bedan. All these were considered Gileadites, descendants of Makir son of Manasseh.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).