Strong H911בְּדַד

Bedad

Transliteration
bedad
Pronunciation
bed-ad'
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

From H909; separation;
{Bedad} an Edomite: - Bedad.

Meaning of the name

Bedad = "solitary"

Detailed definition

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.35;
father of: Hadad (H1908)

In the biblical story

Bedad

Father of Hadad, an Edomite king.

Bedad was the father of Hadad, one of the kings of Edom before Israel had a king.

In the Bible

Strong H911 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • bedad2

First verses

  1. Genesis 36:35
    And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.
  2. 1 Chronicles 1:46
    And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.
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