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How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H27
a.vi.dan — Abidan
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.1.11; son of: Gideoni (H1441) § Abidan = "my father is judge" a prince (ruler) of Benjamin
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Father of judgment; judge, head of the tribe of Benjamin at the Exodus (Num. 1:11; 2:22).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
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Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.
Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin [shall be] Abidan the son of Gideoni.
On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin, [offered]:
