- Original: בּדן - Transliteration: B@dan - Phonetic: bed-awn' - Definition: Bedan = in judging 1. a judge who followed Gideon 2. a manassite - Origin: probably shortened for H5658 - TWOT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine - Strong's: Probably shortened for H5658 ; servile; Bedan the name of two Israelite: - Bedan. Total KJV Occurrences: 2 • Bedan, 2 1 Samuel 12:11; 1 Chronicles 7:17