STRONGS NUMBER H4080


Word Summary
Midyan: a son of Abraham and Keturah, also his desc. and the region where they settled
Original Word: מִדְיָן
Transliteration: Midyan
Phonetic Spelling: (mid-yawn')
Part of Speech: proper name, masculine
Short Definition: a son of Abraham and Keturah, also his desc. and the region where they settled
Meaning: Midian -- a son of Abraham and Keturah, also his descendants and the region where they settled
Strong's Concordance
Midian, Midianite

The same as midyan; Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants -- Midian, Midianite.

see HEBREW midyan

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H4080. Midyan

מִדְיָןproper name, masculine 1. son of Abraham and Keturah Genesis 25:2, 4 (J) 1 Chronicles 1:32-33,.

2 an Arabian tribe Genesis 36:35 (= 1 Chronicles 1:46) Numbers 31:3 (twice in verse); 31:7-8, (twice in verse); 31:9 (P) Judges 6-9 (31 t.); having a כֹּהֵן‎ (as chieftain?) Exodus 2:16; 3:1; 18:1 (E); זקניםNumbers 22:4, 7 (JE), נשׂיא(יםׅ25:18 (P) Joshua 13:21 (P), שׂריםJudges 7:25; 8:3, מלכיםNumbers 31:8 (twice in verse); Judges 8:5, 12, 26; מִדְיָן בִּכְרֵיdromedaries of Midian Isaiah 60:6; מִדְיָן יוֺםday of Midian 9:3 (the victory over Midian Judges 7-8) compare Judges 10:26; Psalm 83:10,

3 מִרְיָן אֶרֶץthe land of Midian Exodus 2:15 (E) Habakkuk 3:7; מִדְיָןExodus 4:19 (J) Numbers 25:15 (P) 1 Kings 11:18; land on Aelanitic gulf (where Arabic geographers still place town ). compare on Midian, GlaserSkizze ii. 447 ff.; HomAufsätze i. (1892), 4f.