Lexical Definition

‎מִדְיָן‎ Midyân (mid-yawn') Midian ^N:N-M-P
the same as ‎מִדְיָן‎

Midian, Midianite.

• § Midian or Midianite = "strife"
• Midjan, a son of Abraham
• also his country and (collectively) his descendants

n pr m
1) son of Abraham by Keturah and progenitor of the tribe of Midianites or Arabians
2) the tribe descended from Midian
n pr loc
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

See Greek: Μαδιάν

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מִדְיָן‎

proper name, masculine 1. son of Abraham and Keturah Gen 25:2; Gen 25:4 (J) 1Chr 1:32; 1Chr 1:33.

2. an Arabian tribe Gen 36:35 (= 1Chr 1:46) Num 31:3 (twice in verse); Num 31:7; Num 31:8 (twice in verse); Num 31:9 (P) Judg 6-9 (31 t.); having a ‎כֹּהֵן‎ (as chieftain?) Exod 2:16; Exod 3:1; Exod 18:1 (E); ‎זקנים‎ Num 22:4; Num 22:7 (JE), ‎נשׂיא(יםׅ‎ Num 25:18 (P) Josh 13:21 (P), ‎שׂרים‎ Judg 7:25; Judg 8:3, ‎מלכים‎ Num 31:8 (twice in verse); Judg 8:5; Judg 8:12; Judg 8:26 ‎בִּכְרֵי מִדְיָן‎ dromedaries of Midian Isa 60:6 ‎יוֺם מִדְיָן‎ day of Midian Isa 9:3* (the victory over Midian Judg 7-8) compare Judg 10:26; Ps 83:10*,

3. ‎אֶרֶץ‎ ‎מִרְיָן‎ the land of Midian Exod 2:15 (E) Hab 3:7 ‎מִדְיָן‎ Exod 4:19 (J) Num 25:15 (P) 1Kgs 11:18 land on Aelanitic gulf (where Arabic geographers still place town ). compare on Midian, Glaser^{Skizze ii. 447 ff.}; Hom^{Aufsätze i. (1892), 4f}.

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