Numbers 1 · Verse 11

Numbers 1:11

Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.
Numbers 1:11, King James Version

Numbers 1:11 in other translations

BSBfrom Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;
WEBOf Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni.
ASVOf Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni.
YLT‘For Benjamin--Abidan son of Gideoni.
DARBYfor Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni;
BBEFrom Benjamin, Abidan, the son of Gideoni;
WebsterOf Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.

What does Numbers 1:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 1:4-18

4-16. with you there shall be a man of every tribe, &c.--The social condition of the Israelites in the wilderness bore a close resemblance to that of the nomad tribes of the East in the present day. The head of the tribe was a hereditary dignity, vested in the oldest son or some other to whom the right of primogeniture was transferred, and under whom were other inferior heads, also hereditary, among the different…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 1:1-43

The people were numbered to show God's faithfulness in thus increasing the seed of Jacob, that they might be the better trained for the wars and conquest of Canaan, and to ascertain their families in order to the division of the land. It is said of each tribe, that those were numbered who were able to go forth to war; they had wars before them, though now they met with no opposition. Let the believer be prepared to…

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Numbers 1:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לְבִ֨נְיָמִ֔ןle.Vin.ya.Minfor BenjaminH1144
אֲבִידָ֖ן'a.vi.DanAbidanH27
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
גִּדְעֹנִֽי\׃gid.'o.NiGideoniH1441

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 1:11

  • Numbers 7:60

    On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin, offered:

  • Numbers 10:24

    And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.

  • Numbers 2:22

    Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Abidan.
2:22; 7:60; 10:24

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Context

  • Numbers 1:10

    Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

  • Numbers 1:11

    Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.

  • Numbers 1:12

    Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

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Numbers 1:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
De Benjamín, Abidán hijo de Gedeón.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
pour Benjamin, Abidan, fils de Guidhoni;
German
Elberfelder 1871
für Benjamin: Abidan, der Sohn Gideonis;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
de Benjamin, Abidan filius Gedeonis;