Dictionaries :: Abidan

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Abidan:

father of judgment; judge, head of the tribe of Benjamin at the Exodus (Num 1:11; Num 2:22).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Abidan:

father of judgment

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Abidan:

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

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Abidan:

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