BEDAN

1. One of Israel’s deliverers, along with Gideon, Jephthah, and Samuel, during the time of the judges (1 Sm 12:11, kjv; rsv mg). The name Bedan may be either a shortened form of Abdon (Jgs 12:13) or a scribal error for Barak (Jgs 4:6).

2. Ulam’s son, a descendant of Manasseh (1 Chr 7:17).