Midianite
מִדְיָנִיStrong’s H4084midyani (mid-ya-ni)
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Midyani is the Hebrew word usually translated “midianite” and “midianites”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.”
Meaning
- An inhabitant of the land of Midian
How it's translated
- the midianite 4
- the midianites 2
- midianite 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 6
- Genesis 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 10:29And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses’ father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.
- Numbers 25:6And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
- Numbers 25:14Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites.
- Numbers 25:15And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.
- Numbers 25:17Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
- Numbers 31:2Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
Hebrew dictionary
מִדְיָנִי midyani · Midianite
Someone from Midian Group of mid.yan (מִדְיָן "Midian" H4080H) § Midianite, of Midian "strife" a member of the tribe of Midian 2) an inhabitant of the land of Midian
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.