Strong’s H917 · Hebrew
בְּדָן
Bᵉdân · bed-awn'
Origin probably shortened for עַבְדוֹן (H5658); servile;
Meaning Bedan, the name of two Israelites
In the King James Version Bedan.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- 1 Samuel 12:11And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.
- 1 Chronicles 7:17And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.