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Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H4080

מִדְיָן

Midyanmid-yawn'

Midian

59 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: Midyân

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4080is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 10 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 17
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H4080

Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants

The King James renders it: Midian, Midianite.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

Midyan is rendered "Midian". It stands 59 times in the Hebrew text, across ten books.

  • Thirty-one of the uses stand in Judges, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 25:2and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
  • The Greek text spells it seventeen different ways.

The first use

and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

Genesis 25:2מִדְיָ֑ן

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Thirty-one of the word's fifty-nine uses are in Judges.

The other 29 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • Midian51
  • and Midian2
  • in Midian2
  • against Midian1
  • from Midian1
  • like Midian1
  • on Midian1

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

מִדְבָּרmidbarmouthUses270
מִדְיָןmidyancontentionUses10
מִדְיָנִיMidyaniMidianiteUses7
מִדְרָשׁmidrashstoryUses2
מִדְחֶהmidchehruinUses1
מִדְרָךְmidraktreadingUses1

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

The words it stands beside

All 59, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

17 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • מִדְיָ֖ן10
  • מִדְיָֽן׃9
  • מִדְיָן֙8
  • מִדְיָ֑ן6
  • מִדְיָ֗ן6
  • מִדְיָ֔ן6
  • מִדְיָ֜ן3
  • מִדְיָ֧ן2
  • בְּמִדְיָ֔ן1
  • בְּמִדְיָ֖ן1
  • בְּמִדְיָ֑ן1
  • בְּמִדְיָֽן׃1

and 5 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • proper noun (a name)48HNpl
  • preposition + proper noun (a name)6HR/Npl
  • proper noun (a name)3HNpm
  • conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1HC/Npl
  • conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1HC/Npm

Genesis

three uses
  • and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

    Genesis 25:2

    • מִדְיָ֑ןmidyanproper noun (a name)tagged: Midian
  • The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.

    Genesis 25:4

    • מִדְיָ֗ןmidyanproper noun (a name)tagged: 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.

    Genesis 36:35

    • מִדְיָן֙midyanproper noun (a name)tagged: Midian

Exodus

five uses
  • 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.

    Exodus 2:15

    • מִדְיָ֖ןmidyanproper noun (a name)tagged: 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.

    Exodus 2:16

    • מִדְיָ֖ןmidyanproper noun (a name)tagged: 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.

    Exodus 3:1

    • מִדְיָ֑ןmidyanproper noun (a name)tagged: 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.”

    Exodus 4:19

    • בְּמִדְיָ֔ןbemidyanpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in 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.

    Exodus 18:1

    • מִדְיָן֙midyanproper noun (a name)tagged: Midian

Numbers

ten uses
  • 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,

    Numbers 22:4

    • מִדְיָ֗ןmidyanproper noun (a name)tagged: 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.

    Numbers 22:7

    • מִדְיָ֔ןmidyanproper noun (a name)tagged: Midian
  • And the name of the slain Midianite woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.

    Numbers 25:15

    • בְּמִדְיָ֖ןbemidyanpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Midian
  • 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.”

    Numbers 25:18

    • מִדְיָן֙midyanproper noun (a name)tagged: Midian
  • 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.

    Numbers 31:3

    • מִדְיָ֔ןmidyanproper noun (a name)tagged: Midian
    • בְּמִדְיָֽן׃bemidyanpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: on Midian
  • Then they waged war against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male.

    Numbers 31:7

    • מִדְיָ֔ןmidyanproper noun (a name)tagged: 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.

    Numbers 31:8

    • מִדְיָ֜ןmidyanproper noun (a name)tagged: Midian
    • מִדְיָ֑ןmidyanproper noun (a name)tagged: Midian
  • The Israelites captured the Midianite women and their children, and they plundered all their herds, flocks, and goods.

    Numbers 31:9

    • מִדְיָ֖ןmidyanproper noun (a name)tagged: Midian

Joshua

one use
  • 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.

    Joshua 13:21

    • מִדְיָ֗ןmidyanproper noun (a name)tagged: Midian

Judges

thirty-one uses
  • Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,

    Judges 6:1

    • מִדְיָ֖ןmidyanproper noun (a name)tagged: Midian
  • and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.

    Judges 6:2

    • מִדְיָ֖ןmidyanproper noun (a name)tagged: Midian
    • מִדְיָ֜ןmidyanproper noun (a name)tagged: Midian
  • Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,

    Judges 6:3

    • מִדְיָ֧ןmidyanproper noun (a name)tagged: Midian
  • Israel was greatly impoverished by Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD.

    Judges 6:6

    • מִדְיָ֑ןmidyanproper noun (a name)tagged: Midian
  • Now when the Israelites cried out to the LORD because of Midian,

    Judges 6:7

    • מִדְיָֽן׃midyanproper noun (a name)tagged: Midian
  • 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.

    Judges 6:11

    • מִדְיָֽן׃midyanproper noun (a name)tagged: 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.”

    Judges 6:13

    • מִדְיָֽן׃midyanproper noun (a name)tagged: 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?”

    Judges 6:14

    • מִדְיָ֑ןmidyanproper noun (a name)tagged: Midian
  • “Surely I will be with you,” the LORD replied, “and you will strike down all the Midianites as one man.”

    Judges 6:16

    • מִדְיָ֖ןmidyanproper noun (a name)tagged: Midian
  • Then all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.

    Judges 6:33

    • מִדְיָ֧ןmidyanproper noun (a name)tagged: 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.

    Judges 7:1

    • מִדְיָן֙midyanproper noun (a name)tagged: Midian
  • Then the LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many people for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’

    Judges 7:2

    • מִדְיָ֖ןmidyanproper noun (a name)tagged: Midian
  • 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.”

    Judges 7:7

    • מִדְיָ֖ןmidyanproper noun (a name)tagged: 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.

    Judges 7:8

    • מִדְיָ֔ןmidyanproper noun (a name)tagged: Midian
  • 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.

    Judges 7:12

    • וּמִדְיָ֨ןumidyanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Midian
  • 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.”

    Judges 7:13

    • מִדְיָ֔ןmidyanproper noun (a name)tagged: 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.”

    Judges 7:14

    • מִדְיָ֖ןmidyanproper noun (a name)tagged: 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.”

    Judges 7:15

    • מִדְיָֽן׃midyanproper noun (a name)tagged: Midian
  • Then the men of Israel were called out from Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh, and they pursued the Midianites.

    Judges 7:23

    • מִדְיָֽן׃midyanproper noun (a name)tagged: Midian
  • 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.

    Judges 7:24

    • מִדְיָן֙midyanproper noun (a name)tagged: Midian
  • 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.

    Judges 7:25

    • מִדְיָ֜ןmidyanproper noun (a name)tagged: Midian
    • מִדְיָ֑ןmidyanproper noun (a name)tagged: 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.

    Judges 8:1

    • בְּמִדְיָ֑ןbemidyanpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: against 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.

    Judges 8:3

    • מִדְיָן֙midyanproper noun (a name)tagged: 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.”

    Judges 8:5

    • מִדְיָֽן׃midyanproper noun (a name)tagged: Midian
  • When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, Gideon pursued and captured these two kings of Midian, routing their entire army.

    Judges 8:12

    • מִדְיָ֗ןmidyanproper noun (a name)tagged: 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.”

    Judges 8:22

    • מִדְיָֽן׃midyanproper noun (a name)tagged: 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.

    Judges 8:26

    • מִדְיָ֔ןmidyanproper noun (a name)tagged: 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,

    Judges 8:28

    • מִדְיָ֗ןmidyanproper noun (a name)tagged: Midian
  • for my father fought for you and risked his life to deliver you from the hand of Midian,

    Judges 9:17

    • מִדְיָֽן׃midyanproper noun (a name)tagged: Midian

1 Kings

one use
  • Hadad and his men set out from Midian and went to Paran. They took men from Paran with them and went to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave Hadad a house and land and provided him with food.

    1 Kings 11:18

    • מִמִּדְיָ֔ןmimidyanpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Midian

1 Chronicles

three uses
  • The sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.

    1 Chronicles 1:32

    • וּמִדְיָ֖ןumidyanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Midian
  • The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All of these were Keturah’s sons.

    1 Chronicles 1:33

    • מִדְיָ֗ןmidyanproper noun (a name)tagged: 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.

    1 Chronicles 1:46

    • מִדְיָן֙midyanproper noun (a name)tagged: Midian

Psalms

one use
  • Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,

    Psalms 83:9

    • כְּמִדְיָ֑ןkemidyanpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: like Midian

Isaiah

three uses
  • For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.

    Isaiah 9:4

    • מִדְיָֽן׃midyanproper noun (a name)tagged: Midian
  • And the LORD of Hosts will brandish a whip against them, as when He struck Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will raise His staff over the sea, as He did in Egypt.

    Isaiah 10:26

    • מִדְיָ֖ןmidyanproper noun (a name)tagged: Midian
  • Caravans of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah, and all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and frankincense and proclaiming the praises of the LORD.

    Isaiah 60:6

    • מִדְיָן֙midyanproper noun (a name)tagged: Midian

Habakkuk

one use
  • I saw the tents of Cushan in distress; the curtains of Midian were trembling.

    Habakkuk 3:7

    • מִדְיָֽן׃ סmidyanproper noun (a name)tagged: Midian

The letters

Gematria 104· 754 mispar gadol

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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