Abidan

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Numbers 1:11 2:22

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Numbers 1:11; Numbers 2:22; Numbers 7:60; Numbers 7:65; Numbers 10:24.

Holman Bible Dictionary

Numbers 1:11 Numbers 2:22 Numbers 7:60 7:65 Numbers 10:24

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

ABIDAN (‘father is judge’). Representative of the tribe of Benjamin at the census and on certain other occasions, Numbers 1:11; Numbers 2:22; Numbers 7:60; Numbers 7:65; Numbers 10:24 .

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Son of Gideoni: head of a house of the tribe of Benjamin at the Exodus. Numbers 1:11; Numbers 2:22; Numbers 7:60,65; Numbers 10:24 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Abi'dan. (father of the judge). Chief of the tribe of Benjamin at the time of the Exodus. (B.C. 1491). Numbers 1:11; Numbers 2:22; Numbers 7:60; Numbers 7:65; Numbers 10:24.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

a -bı̄´dan ( אבידן , 'ăbhı̄dhān , "father is judge"): Abidan, son of Gideoni, was a "prince" of the children of Benjamin ( Numbers 2:22; Numbers 10:24 ). He was chosen to represent his tribe at the census in the wilderness of Sinai ( Numbers 1:11 ). When, on the erection, anointing and sanctification of the Tabernacle, the heads of Israel offered, Abidan offered on the ninth day ( Numbers 7:60 , Numbers 7:65 ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Abidan', ) אֲבַידָן , father of judgment, i.e. judge; Sept. ‘Αβιδάν ), the son of Gideoni, and phylarch of the tribe of Benjamin at the exode ( Numbers 1:11; Numbers 2:22; Numbers 10:24). At the erection of the Tabernacle he made a contribution on the ninth day, similar to the other chiefs ( Numbers 7:60; Numbers 7:65), B.C. 1657.