מִדְיָן
midyan · Midian
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4080 · appears 59 times in the Bible
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midyan (מִדְיָן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Midian”.
Son of Abraham and Keturah; from him came the Midianites, a desert people, and their land.
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mid·yan
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
The place
Midian ?
Today: northwest Saudi Arabia, southern Jordan; debated
A region east of the Gulf of Aqaba, in what is now northwest Saudi Arabia; its borders are not certain.
Moses fled to Midian, married there and tended sheep (Exod 2:15-21). Centuries later the Midianites oppressed Israel until Gideon defeated them (Judg 6:1; 7:21).
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Where it appears
- Genesis 25:2
She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
- Genesis 25:4
The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Enoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.
- Genesis 36:35
Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who struck Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place; and the name of his city was Avith.
- Exodus 2:15
When Pharaoh heard of this thing, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian; and he sat down by the well.
- Exodus 2:16
The priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew water and filled the troughs to water the flock of their father.
- Exodus 3:1
Moses was shepherding the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock beyond the wilderness and came to the mountain of Elohim, to Horeb.
- Exodus 4:19
YHWH said to Moses in Midian, “Go, return to Egypt, for all the men who were seeking your life are dead.”
- Exodus 18:1
Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that Elohim had done for Moses and for Israel his people, how YHWH had brought Israel out of Egypt.
- Numbers 22:4
And Moab said to the elders of Midian, “Now this assembly will lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the green growth of the field.” And Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.
- Numbers 22:7
So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian went, with the fees for divination in their hand; and they came to Balaam and spoke to him the words of Balak.
- Numbers 25:15
The name of the woman who was struck, the Midianite, was Cozbi daughter of Zur; he was head of the peoples of a fathers’ house in Midian.
- Numbers 25:18
for they are harassing you with their deceptions with which they deceived you in the matter of Peor and in the matter of Cozbi, daughter of a chief of Midian, their sister, who was struck on the day of the plague on account of Peor.”
- Numbers 31:3
Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm men from among you for the army, and let them be against Midian to execute the vengeance of YHWH on Midian.
- Numbers 31:7
They waged war against Midian, as YHWH had commanded Moses, and they killed every male.
- Numbers 31:8
And the kings of Midian they killed along with their slain: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian; and Balaam son of Beor they killed with the sword.
- Numbers 31:9
The sons of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones, and all their animals and all their livestock and all their wealth they looted.
- Joshua 13:21
and all the cities of the plateau, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorite, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses struck, him and the chiefs of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who lived in the land.
- Judges 6:1
The sons of Israel did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, and YHWH gave them into the hand of Midian seven years.
- Judges 6:2
The hand of Midian was strong over Israel. Because of Midian the sons of Israel made for themselves the dens that are in the mountains, the caves, and the strongholds.
- Judges 6:3
And whenever Israel had sown, Midian would come up, and Amalek and the sons of the east; they would come up against him.
- Judges 6:6
Israel was brought very low because of Midian, and the sons of Israel cried out to YHWH.
- Judges 6:7
When the sons of Israel cried out to YHWH because of Midian,
- Judges 6:11
The angel of YHWH came and sat under the oak that is in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while Gideon his son was beating out wheat in the winepress to hide it from Midian.
- Judges 6:13
Gideon said to him, “Pardon, my lord, if YHWH is with us, why has all this found us? And where are all his wonders that our fathers recounted to us, saying, ‘Did not YHWH bring us up from Egypt?’ But now YHWH has abandoned us and given us into the hand of Midian.”
- Judges 6:14
YHWH turned to him and said, “Go in this strength of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Have I not sent you?”
- Judges 6:16
YHWH said to him, “Because I will be with you, you will strike Midian as one man.”
- Judges 6:33
All Midian, Amalek, and the sons of the east gathered together, crossed over, and camped in the valley of Jezreel.
- Judges 7:1
Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, rose early, with all the people who were with him, and they camped beside the spring of Harod; and the camp of Midian was north of him, from the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
- Judges 7:2
YHWH said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for me to give Midian into their hand, lest Israel boast against me, saying, ‘My hand has saved me.’
- Judges 7:7
YHWH said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men who lapped I will save you and give Midian into your hand; and let all the people go, each to his place.”
- Judges 7:8
They took the provisions of the people in their hand, and their horns; and all the men of Israel he sent away, each to his tents, but he retained the three hundred men. And the camp of Midian was below him in the valley.
- Judges 7:12
Midian and Amalek and all the sons of the east were lying in the valley like locusts in multitude; and their camels were without number, like the sand that is on the shore of the sea in multitude.
- Judges 7:13
Gideon came, and there was a man recounting a dream to his companion. He said, “Look, I dreamed a dream: there was a round loaf of barley tumbling into the camp of Midian; it came to the tent and struck it, and it fell; it turned it upside down, and the tent fell flat.”
- Judges 7:14
His companion answered and said, “This is nothing other than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, a man of Israel; Elohim has given into his hand Midian and all the camp.”
- Judges 7:15
When Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation, he bowed down. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Arise, for YHWH has given into your hand the camp of Midian.”
- Judges 7:23
The men of Israel were summoned from Naphtali, from Asher, and from all Manasseh, and they pursued after Midian.
- Judges 7:24
Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down to meet Midian and capture ahead of them the waters as far as Beth-barah, and the Jordan.” So all the men of Ephraim were summoned, and they captured the waters as far as Beth-barah, and the Jordan.
- Judges 7:25
They captured the two chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they killed at the winepress of Zeeb. They pursued after Midian, and they brought the head of Oreb and of Zeeb to Gideon from beyond the Jordan.
- Judges 8:1
The men of Ephraim said to him, “What is this thing you have done to us, not calling us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they contended with him with force.
- Judges 8:3
Into your hand Elohim has given the chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and what was I able to do compared with you?” Then their spirit toward him subsided when he spoke this word.
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