King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4080
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
Word Summary
Midyan: a son of Abraham and Keturah, also his desc. and the region where they settled
Original Word: מִדְיָןTransliteration: 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
מִדְיָן proper 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); זקנים Numbers 22:4, 7 (JE), נשׂיא(יםׅ 25:18 (P) Joshua 13:21 (P), שׂרים Judges 7:25; 8:3, מלכים Numbers 31:8 (twice in verse); Judges 8:5, 12, 26; מִדְיָן בִּכְרֵי dromedaries of Midian Isaiah 60:6; מִדְיָן יוֺם day of Midian 9:3 (the victory over Midian Judges 7-8) compare Judges 10:26; Psalm 83:10,
3 מִרְיָן אֶרֶץ the land of Midian Exodus 2:15 (E) Habakkuk 3:7; מִדְיָן Exodus 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.