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H4080 מִדְיָן (Midyân) mid-yawn'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

the same as 4079; Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants

KJV Usage: Midian, Midianite

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מִדְיָן (mid.yan) — 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 3) 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

מִדְיָן (mid.yan) — 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

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m · דין

Conflict

strife, contention, quarrel = state of opposition or hostility between two or more persons

PRO 6:14 · PRO 18:18 · PRO 18:19 · PRO 19:13 · PRO 21:9 · PRO 21:19 · PRO 23:29 · PRO 25:24 · PRO 26:21 · PRO 27:15

name · מִדְיָנִי

Names of People

Midian = man; ◄ son of Keturah, wife of Abraham; ► regarded as ancestor of an ethnic group with the same name

GEN 25:2 · GEN 25:4 · 1CH 1:32 · 1CH 1:33

Names of Groups

Midian = ethnic group; ◄ regarded as descendants of one of the sons of Keturah, wife of Abraham

GEN 36:35 · EXO 2:15 · EXO 2:16 · EXO 3:1 · EXO 4:19 · EXO 18:1 · NUM 22:4 · NUM 22:7 · NUM 25:15 · NUM 25:18 · NUM 31:3 · NUM 31:3 · NUM 31:7 · NUM 31:8 · NUM 31:8 · NUM 31:9 · JOS 13:21 · JDG 6:1 · JDG 6:2 · JDG 6:2 · JDG 6:3 · JDG 6:6 · JDG 6:7 · JDG 6:11 · JDG 6:13 · JDG 6:14 · JDG 6:16 · JDG 6:33 · JDG 7:1 · JDG 7:2 · JDG 7:7 · JDG 7:8 · JDG 7:12 · JDG 7:13 · JDG 7:14 · JDG 7:15 · JDG 7:23 · JDG 7:24 · JDG 7:25 · JDG 7:25 · JDG 8:1 · JDG 8:3 · JDG 8:5 · JDG 8:12 · JDG 8:22 · JDG 8:26 · JDG 8:28 · JDG 9:17 · 1KI 11:18 · 1CH 1:46 · PSA 83:10 · ISA 9:3 · ISA 10:26 · ISA 60:6 · HAB 3:7

1 PRO 6:14 MT-K מדנים | MT-Q מִדְיָנִים 2 PRO 18:19 · PRO 21:19 · PRO 23:29 · PRO 25:24 · PRO 26:21 · PRO 27:15 MT-K מדונים | MT-Q מִדְיָנִים

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מִדְיָן n.pr.m. son of Abraham and Keturah

an Arabian tribe

the land of Midian; land on Ælanitic gulf

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