Bildad

Bil´dad

A Shuhite, one of Job’s three friends (Job 2:11). In the cycle of speeches he is the second speaker with three separate discourses (Job 8; Job 18; Job 25). The meaning of the name is obscure, but may be related to the Edomite king Bedad (Gen 36:36). The name is compounded with the theophoric element dad (after the Edomite god of that name).