What is "bedan"

Bedan is named as the deliverer of Israelites in 1 Samuel 12:11. He is not mentioned elsewhere as a judge of Israel. Bp. Patrick and others hypothesis the name to be a contraction of ben Dan ("the son of Dan") by which they suppose Samson is meant, as the Targum reads. The LXX, Syriac, and Arabic, however, refer to the name as Barak, instead of Bedan; and the two latter versions refer to Samson, instead of Samuel. These readings are adopted by Houbigant, and appear to be genuine, for it is not probable that Samuel would enumerate himself.

Category:Hebrew Bible people

Bedan is a Biblical figure; and it may also refer to:

• Type of woodturning chisel with a special wedge-like section used for cutting beads and for hollowing boxes and for use with the sizing tool
• Arabic curse word sometimes used to express anger
• Nickname of students from the San Beda College in Manila, Philippines
• Bedan, Afghanistan, a place in Afghanistan
• Bedan, Iran, a village in Kerman Province, Iran