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Meaning and etymology of the name Abidan
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Abidan 
Abidan, son of Gideoni, is mentioned among the descendants of Benjamin during the first census of Israel, which Moses conducted while camped in the dessert of Sinai (Numbers 1:11). This Abidan shows up a few times more in the book of Numbers, as leader of the Benjamin tribe and army (2:22, 7:60 and 10:24). After that, the name Abidan no longer occurs in the Bible.
The name Abidan consists of two elements:
For a meaning of the name Abidan, NOBS Study Bible Name List reads The Father Is Judge. Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names has Father Of A Judge. BDB Theological Dictionary proposes My Father Is Judge.
Other names derived of the verb din are
Dan,
Daniel,
Dinah,
Jadon,
Madon,
Medan and
Midian.
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