# H27 אֲבִידָן

אֲבִידָן (ʼĂbîydân), Strong’s H27: Abidan, an Israelite KJV: Abidan.. Occurs 5 times.

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*ʼĂbîydân* — Abidan, an Israelite

KJV: Abidan.

Built from [אָב ʼâb](https://besorah.bible/word/H1) (father) + [דִּין dîyn](https://besorah.bible/word/H1777) (a straight course, i.e. sail direct) — means “father of judgment (i.e. judge)”

Occurs 5 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אֲבִידָן n.pr.m. (my father is judge) a prince of Benj.

## Where it occurs
- [Numbers 1:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/1?v=11) — Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni.
- [Numbers 2:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/2?v=22) — “The tribe of Benjamin: the prince of the children of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.
- [Numbers 7:60](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/7?v=60) — On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin,
- [Numbers 7:65](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/7?v=65) — and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year…
- [Numbers 10:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/10?v=24) — Abidan the son of Gideoni was over the army of the tribe of the children of Benjamin.