Lexical Summary Bedan: an Israelite name Original Word: בְּדָןTransliteration: Bedan Phonetic Spelling: (bed-awn') Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: an Israelite name Meaning: Bedan -- an Israelite name Strong's Concordance Bedan Probably shortened for Abdown; servile; Bedan, the name of two Israelites -- Bedan. see HEBREW Abdown Brown-Driver-Briggs H917. Bedan בְּדָן proper name, masculine (= עַבְדָּן ?). 1 a judge of Israel 1 Samuel 12:11; but rd probably בָּרָק, so ᵑ6 ᵐ5 We, compare Dr (see Judges 4:6f.). 2 a Manassite 1 Chronicles 7:17. בדק (penetrate, split ? compare Aramaic בְּדַק, explore; but these perhaps denominative compare LagGN 1882, 400). |