Lexical Definition

‎בְּדָן‎ Bᵉdân (bed-awn') Bedan ^N:N-M-P
probably shortened for ‎עַבְדוֹן‎; servile

Bedan.

• § Bedan = "in judging"
• Bedan, the name of two Israelites

1) a judge who followed Gideon
2) a Manassite

Extended Information

• A man of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.17
• son of: Ulam (אוּלָם)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בְּדָן‎ proper name, masculine (= ‎עַבְדָּן‎ ?).

1. a judge of Israel 1Sam 12:11 but rd probably ‎בָּרָק‎, so ᵐ5 ᵑ6 We, compare Dr (see Judg 4:6f.).

2. a Manassite 1Chr 7:17.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Profile

Male • Son of Ulam • A descendant of Manasseh through Machir and Gilead.

Man living at the time of Divided Monarchy

Bedan was a descendant of Manasseh, listed in the genealogy of Machir and Gilead.

• A man from the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.17;
• only referred to as Bedan בְּדָן;
• a son of Ulam אוּלָם.

Bedan is briefly mentioned in 1 Chronicles 7:17 as a descendant of Manasseh, the son of Joseph. The context of the passage is the genealogy of the tribe of Manasseh, focusing on the descendants of Machir and Gilead. Bedan is listed as the son of Ulam, who was the son of Gilead's daughter.

All entries for Bedan: בְּדָן

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• Ulam (father)