Midian
מִדְיָןStrong’s H4080midyan (mid-yan)
Appears in 55 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Midyan is the Hebrew word usually translated “midian”, “on midian” and “against midian”. It appears in 55 verses of the Old Testament.
“And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.”
Meaning
- Son of Abraham by Keturah and progenitor of the tribe of Midianites or Arabians
- The tribe descended from Midian
- § Midian or Midianite = "strife"
How it's translated
- midian 51
- in midian 2
- and midian 2
- on midian 1
- against midian 1
- from midian 1
- like midian 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 29
- Numbers 8
- Exodus 5
- Genesis 3
- 1 Chronicles 3
- Isaiah 3
10 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 25:4And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
- Genesis 36:35And 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.
- Exodus 2:15Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
- Exodus 2:16Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
- Exodus 3:1Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
- Exodus 4:19And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.
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Hebrew dictionary
מִדְיָן midyan · Midian
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.2; son of: Abraham (H0085) and Keturah (H6989); half-brother of: Ishmael (H3458) and Isaac (H3327); brother of: Zimran (H2175), Jokshan (H3370), Medan (H4091), Ishbak (H3435) and Shuah (H7744); father of: Ephah (H5891), Epher (H6081), Hanoch (H2585I), Abida (H0028) and Eldaah (H0420) § Midian or Midianite = "strife" 1) son of Abraham by Keturah and progenitor of the tribe of Midianites or Arabians 2) the tribe descended from Midian …
מִדְיָן midyan · Midian
§ Midian or Midianite = "strife" the tribe descended from Midian inhabitant of the territory of the tribe descended from Midian; located principally in the desert north of the Arabian peninsula; land to which Moses went when he fled from Pharaoh
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.