מִדְיָן

mid.yanMidian
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man59 occurrences10 books55 verses
This name belongs to 2 different people and places in the Bible:
  • Midian: Son of Abraham and Keturah; father of the Midianites
  • Midian: A nation descended from Abraham; oppressed Israel in the time of the judges

Definition

the same as H4079; Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants
Traditional renderings: Midian, Midianite.

Glossary entries

Midian, Midianite Madian

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

59 total
  1. Genesis 25:2מִדְיָ֑ן · Midian
    …and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
  2. Genesis 25:4מִדְיָ֗ן · of Midian
    The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.
  3. Genesis 36:35מִדְיָן֙ · Midian
    When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place. And the name of his city was Avith.
  4. Exodus 2:15מִדְיָ֖ן · of Midian
    When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well.
  5. Exodus 2:16מִדְיָ֖ן · of Midian
    Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.
  6. Exodus 3:1מִדְיָ֑ן · of Midian
    Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
  7. Exodus 4:19בְּמִדְיָ֔ן · in Midian
    Now the LORD had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who sought to kill you are dead.”
  8. Exodus 18:1מִדְיָן֙ · of Midian
    Now Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about all that God had done for Moses and His people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.
  9. Numbers 22:4מִדְיָ֗ן · of Midian
    So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will devour everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” Since Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time,
  10. Numbers 22:7מִדְיָ֔ן · and Midian
    The elders of Moab and Midian departed with the fees for divination in hand. They came to Balaam and relayed to him the words of Balak.
  11. Numbers 25:15בְּמִדְיָ֖ן · of a Midianite
    And the name of the slain Midianite woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.
  12. Numbers 25:18מִדְיָן֙ · of the Midianite
    For they assailed you deceitfully when they seduced you in the matter of Peor and their sister Cozbi, the daughter of the Midianite leader, the woman who was killed on the day the plague came because of Peor.”
  13. Numbers 31:3 (2×)מִדְיָ֔ן · the Midianites; בְּמִדְיָֽן׃ · on them
    So Moses told the people, “Arm some of your men for war, that they may go against the Midianites and execute the LORD’s vengeance on them.
  14. Numbers 31:7מִדְיָ֔ן · Midian
    Then they waged war against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male.
  15. Numbers 31:8 (2×)מִדְיָ֜ן; מִדְיָ֑ן · of Midian
    Among the slain were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
  16. Numbers 31:9מִדְיָ֖ן · the Midianite
    The Israelites captured the Midianite women and their children, and they plundered all their herds, flocks, and goods.
  17. Joshua 13:21מִדְיָ֗ן · of Midian
    …all the cities of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon until Moses killed him and the chiefs of Midian (Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba), the princes of Sihon who lived in the land.
  18. Judges 6:1מִדְיָ֖ן · of Midian
    Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,
  19. Judges 6:2 (2×)מִדְיָ֖ן · of Midian; מִדְיָ֜ן · the Midianites
    …and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.
  20. Judges 6:3מִדְיָ֧ן · the Midianites
    Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,
  21. Judges 6:6מִדְיָ֑ן · Midian
    Israel was greatly impoverished by Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD.
  22. Judges 6:7מִדְיָֽן׃ · Midian
    Now when the Israelites cried out to the LORD because of Midian,
  23. Judges 6:11מִדְיָֽן׃ · the Midianites
    Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.
  24. Judges 6:13מִדְיָֽן׃ · of Midian
    “Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all His wonders of which our fathers told us, saying, ‘Has not the LORD brought us up out of Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hand of Midian.”
  25. Judges 6:14מִדְיָ֑ן · of Midian
    The LORD turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Am I not sending you?”
  26. Judges 6:16מִדְיָ֖ן · [all] the Midianites
    “Surely I will be with you,” the LORD replied, “and you will strike down all the Midianites as one man.”
  27. Judges 6:33מִדְיָ֧ן · the Midianites
    Then all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.
  28. Judges 7:1מִדְיָן֙ · of Midian
    Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.
  29. Judges 7:2מִדְיָ֖ן · Midian
    Then the LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many men for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’
  30. Judges 7:7מִדְיָ֖ן · the Midianites
    Then the LORD said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men who lapped the water I will save you and deliver the Midianites into your hand. But all the others are to go home.”
  31. Judges 7:8מִדְיָ֔ן · of Midian
    So Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites to their tents but kept the three hundred men, who took charge of the provisions and rams’ horns of the others. And the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley.
  32. Judges 7:12וּמִדְיָ֨ן · Now the Midianites
    Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.
  33. Judges 7:13מִדְיָ֔ן · into the Midianite
    And as Gideon arrived, a man was telling his friend about a dream. “Behold, I had a dream,” he said, “and I saw a loaf of barley bread come tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent so hard that the tent overturned and collapsed.”
  34. Judges 7:14מִדְיָ֖ן · Midian
    His friend replied: “This is nothing less than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has delivered Midian and the whole camp into his hand.”
  35. Judges 7:15מִדְיָֽן׃ · of Midian
    When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.”
  36. Judges 7:23מִדְיָֽן׃ · the Midianites
    Then the men of Israel were called out from Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh, and they pursued the Midianites.
  37. Judges 7:24מִדְיָן֙ · the Midianites
    Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim to say, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth-barah.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth-barah.
  38. Judges 7:25 (2×)מִדְיָ֜ן · of Midian; מִדְיָ֑ן · the Midianites
    They also captured Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian; and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. So they pursued the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of the Jordan.
  39. Judges 8:1בְּמִדְיָ֑ן · against Midian
    Then the men of Ephraim said to Gideon, “Why have you done this to us? Why did you fail to call us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they contended with him violently.
  40. Judges 8:3מִדְיָן֙ · of Midian
    God has delivered Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian, into your hand. What was I able to do compared to you?” When he had said this, their anger against him subsided.
  41. Judges 8:5מִדְיָֽן׃ · of Midian
    So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
  42. Judges 8:12מִדְיָ֗ן · of Midian
    When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, Gideon pursued and captured these two kings of Midian, routing their entire army.
  43. Judges 8:22מִדְיָֽן׃ · of Midian
    Then the Israelites said to Gideon, “Rule over us—you and your son and grandson—for you have saved us from the hand of Midian.”
  44. Judges 8:26מִדְיָ֔ן · of Midian
    The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.
  45. Judges 8:28מִדְיָ֗ן · In this way Midian
    In this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon,
  46. Judges 9:17מִדְיָֽן׃ · of Midian
    …for my father fought for you and risked his life to deliver you from the hand of Midian,