Bedan

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Bedan: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV

son of Ulam of Manasseh

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according to judgment

Hebrew

Strongs #0917: Ndb B@dan

Bedan = "in judging"

1) a judge who followed Gideon
2) a Manassite

917 Bdan bed-awn'

probably shortened for 5658; servile; Bedan, the name of two
Israelites:-Bedan.
see HEBREW for 05658

Bedan [EBD]

one of the judges of Israel (1 Sam. 12:11). It is uncertain who he was. Some suppose that Barak is meant, others Samson, but most probably this is a contracted form of Abdon (Judg. 12:13).

Bedan [NAVE]

BEDAN
1. One of the deliverers of Israel, 1 Sam. 12:11, possibly identical with Abdon. 2. Son of Ulam, 1 Chr. 7:17.

BEDAN [SMITH]

(son of judgement).

1. Mentioned in (1 Samuel 12:11) as a judge of Israel between Jerubbaal (Gideon) and Jephthah. The Chaldee Paraphrase reads Samson for Bedan; the LXX., Syriac and Arabic all have Barak. Ewald suggests that it may be a false reading for Abdon. (B.C. about 1150.)
2. The son of Gilead. (1 Chronicles 7:17)

BEDAN [ISBE]

BEDAN - be'-dan (bedhan, "son of judgment" (?)):

(1) One of the leaders in Israel who with Jerubbaal, Jephthah and Samuel is mentioned as a deliverer of the nation (1 Sam 12:11). The text is questioned because the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic read "Barak" instead.

(2) A son of Ulam of the house of Manasseh (1 Ch 7:17).