Abidan

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

Named in the Bible

5 verses

  • Numbers 1:11 Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.
  • Numbers 2:22 Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.
  • Numbers 7:60 On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin, offered:
  • Numbers 7:65 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.
  • Numbers 10:24 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.