Every Name in Tanakh

בְּדַד Bedad

Every verse in which this name stands — 2 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 10×2 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

An Edomite. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 36:35 and last at 1 Chronicles 1:46.

Genesis 36:35בראשית לו:לה

וַיָּמָת חֻשָׁם וַיִּמְלֹךְ תַּחְתָּיו הֲדַד בֶּן־בְּדַד הַמַּכֶּה אֶת־מִדְיָן בִּשְׂדֵה מוֹאָב וְשֵׁם עִירוֹ עֲוִֽית

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.

1 Chronicles 1:46דברי הימים א א:מו

וַיָּמָת חוּשָׁם וַיִּמְלֹךְ תַּחְתָּיו הֲדַד בֶּן־בְּדַד הַמַּכֶּה אֶת־מִדְיָן בִּשְׂדֵה מוֹאָב וְשֵׁם עִירוֹ עיות

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.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Bedad?

Bedad — בדד in Hebrew — has a gematria of 10 in the standard method.

How many times is Bedad named in the Tanakh?

2 times, first at Genesis 36:35.

A spelling is not a name. The written word בדד stands 10 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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