Hebrew word · H917

בְּדָן

bedan

Barak

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

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

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

1 Samuel · 1

  1. 1 Samuel 12:11 בְּדָ֔ן Bedan

    So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 7:17 בְּדָ֑ן Bedan

    The son of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.