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Lexicon :: Strong's H4080 - miḏyān

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מִדְיָן
Transliteration
miḏyān
Pronunciation
mid-yawn'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

מִדְיָן Midyân, mid-yawn'; the same as H4079; Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants:—Midian, Midianite.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 59x

The KJV translates Strong's H4080 in the following manner: Midian (39x), Midianite (20x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 59x
The KJV translates Strong's H4080 in the following manner: Midian (39x), Midianite (20x).

  1. Midian or Midianite = "strife"

    proper masculine noun

    1. son of Abraham by Keturah and progenitor of the tribe of Midianites or Arabians

    2. the tribe descended from Midian

      proper locative noun

    3. the territory of the tribe descended from Midian; located principally in the desert north of the Arabian peninsula; land to which Moses went when he fled from Pharaoh

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִדְיָן Midyân, mid-yawn'; the same as H4079; Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants:—Midian, Midianite.
STRONGS H4080: Abbreviations
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); Numbers 31:7, 8 (twice in verse); Numbers 31:9 (P) Judges 6-9 (31 times); having a כֹּהֵן (as chieftain?) Exodus 2:16; Exodus 3:1; Exodus 18:1 (E); זקנים Numbers 22:4, 7 (JE), נשׂיא(יםׅ Numbers 25:18 (P) Joshua 13:21 (P), שׂרים Judges 7:25; Judges 8:3, מלכים Numbers 31:8 (twice in verse); Judges 8:5, 12, 26; בִּכְרֵי מִדְיָן dromedaries of Midian Isaiah 60:6; יוֺם מִדְיָן day of Midian Isaiah 9:3 (the victory over Midian Judges 7-8) compare Judges 10:26; Psalm 83:10,
3. אֶרֶץ מִרְיָן 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 bdb019301). compare on Midian, GlaserSkizze ii. 447 ff.; HomAufsätze i. (1892), 4f.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

25:2; 25:4; 36:35

Exodus

2:15; 2:16; 3:1; 4:19; 18:1

Numbers

22:4; 22:7; 25:15; 25:18; 31:3; 31:7; 31:8; 31:8; 31:9

Joshua

13:21

Judges

7:25; 8:3; 8:5; 8:12; 8:26

1 Kings

11:18

1 Chronicles

1:32; 1:33; 1:46

Psalms

83:10

Isaiah

9:3; 60:6

Habakkuk

3:7

H4080

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Strong's Number H4080 matches the Hebrew מִדְיָן (miḏyān),
which occurs 59 times in 55 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 25:2–1Ch 1:46)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:2 - She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:4 - The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:35 - When Husham died, Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated the Midianites in the land of Moab, reigned in his place; the name of his city was Avith.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:15 - When Pharaoh heard about this event, he sought to kill Moses. So Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, and he settled by a certain well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:16 - Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and began to draw water and fill the troughs in order to water their father's flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:1 - Now Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:19 - The LORD said to Moses in Midian, "Go back to Egypt, because all the men who were seeking your life are dead."

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:1 - Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard about all that God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:4 - So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, "Now this mass of people will lick up everything around us, as the bull devours the grass of the field. Now Balak son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at this time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:7 - So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the fee for divination in their hand. They came to Balaam and reported to him the words of Balak.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:15 - The name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi daughter of Zur. He was a leader over the people of a clan of Midian.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:18 - because they bring trouble to you by their treachery with which they have deceived you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, who was killed on the day of the plague that happened as a result of Peor."

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:3 - So Moses spoke to the people: "Arm men from among you for the war, to attack the Midianites and to execute the LORD's vengeance on Midian.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:7 - They fought against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses, and they killed every male.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:8 - They killed the kings of Midian in addition to those slain - Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba - five Midianite kings. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:9 - The Israelites took the women of Midian captives along with their little ones, and took all their herds, all their flocks, and all their goods as plunder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:21 - It encompassed all the cities of the plain and the whole realm of King Sihon of the Amorites who ruled in Heshbon. Moses defeated him and the Midianite leaders Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba (they were subjects of Sihon and lived in his territory).

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:1 - The Israelites did evil in the LORD's sight, so the LORD turned them over to Midian for seven years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:2 - The Midianites overwhelmed Israel. Because of Midian the Israelites made shelters for themselves in the hills, as well as caves and strongholds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:3 - Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east would attack them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:6 - Israel was so severely weakened by Midian that the Israelites cried out to the LORD for help.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:7 - When the Israelites cried out to the LORD for help because of Midian,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:11 - The LORD's angelic messenger came and sat down under the oak tree in Ophrah owned by Joash the Abiezrite. He arrived while Joash's son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress so he could hide it from the Midianites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:13 - Gideon said to him, "Pardon me, but if the LORD is with us, why has such disaster overtaken us? Where are all his miraculous deeds our ancestors told us about? They said, 'Did the LORD not bring us up from Egypt?' But now the LORD has abandoned us and handed us over to Midian."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:14 - Then the LORD himself turned to him and said, "You have the strength. Deliver Israel from the power of the Midianites! Have I not sent you?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:16 - The LORD said to him, "Ah, but I will be with you! You will strike down the whole Midianite army."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:33 - All the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east assembled. They crossed the Jordan River and camped in the Jezreel Valley.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:1 - Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) and his men got up the next morning and camped near the spring of Harod. The Midianites were camped north of them near the hill of Moreh in the valley.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:2 - The LORD said to Gideon, "You have too many men for me to hand Midian over to you. Israel might brag, 'Our own strength has delivered us.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:7 - The LORD said to Gideon, "With the three hundred men who lapped I will deliver the whole army and I will hand Midian over to you. The rest of the men should go home."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:8 - The men who were chosen took supplies and their trumpets. Gideon sent all the men of Israel back to their homes; he kept only three hundred men. Now the Midianites were camped down below in the valley.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:12 - Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east covered the valley like a swarm of locusts. Their camels could not be counted; they were as innumerable as the sand on the seashore.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:13 - When Gideon arrived, he heard a man telling another man about a dream he had. The man said, "Look! I had a dream. I saw a stale cake of barley bread rolling into the Midianite camp. It hit a tent so hard it knocked it over and turned it upside down. The tent just collapsed."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:14 - The other man said, "Without a doubt this symbolizes the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God is handing Midian and all the army over to him."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:15 - When Gideon heard the report of the dream and its interpretation, he praised God. Then he went back to the Israelite camp and said, "Get up, for the LORD is handing the Midianite army over to you!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:23 - Israelites from Naphtali, Asher, and Manasseh answered the call and chased the Midianites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:24 - Now Gideon sent messengers throughout the Ephraimite hill country who announced, "Go down and head off the Midianites. Take control of the fords of the streams all the way to Beth Barah and the Jordan River." When all the Ephraimites had assembled, they took control of the fords all the way to Beth Barah and the Jordan River.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:25 - They captured the two Midianite generals, Oreb and Zeeb. They executed Oreb on the rock of Oreb and Zeeb in the winepress of Zeeb. They chased the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon, who was now on the other side of the Jordan River.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:1 - The Ephraimites said to him, "Why have you done such a thing to us? You did not summon us when you went to fight the Midianites!" They argued vehemently with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:3 - It was to you that God handed over the Midianite generals, Oreb and Zeeb! What did I accomplish to rival that?" When he said this, they calmed down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:5 - He said to the men of Succoth, "Give some loaves of bread to the men who are following me, because they are exhausted. I am chasing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:12 - When Zebah and Zalmunna ran away, Gideon chased them and captured the two Midianite kings, Zebah and Zalmunna. He had surprised their entire army.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:22 - The men of Israel said to Gideon, "Rule over us - you, your son, and your grandson. For you have delivered us from Midian's power."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:26 - The total weight of the gold earrings he requested came to seventeen hundred gold shekels. This was in addition to the crescent-shaped ornaments, jewelry, purple clothing worn by the Midianite kings, and the necklaces on the camels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:28 - The Israelites humiliated Midian; the Midianites' fighting spirit was broken. The land had rest for forty years during Gideon's time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:17 - my father fought for you; he risked his life and delivered you from Midian's power.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:18 - They went from Midian to Paran; they took some men from Paran and went to Egypt. Pharaoh, king of Egypt, supplied him with a house and food and even assigned him some land.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:32 - The sons to whom Keturah, Abraham's concubine, gave birth: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:33 - The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:46 - When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad succeeded him. He struck down the Midianites in the plains of Moab; the name of his city was Avith.

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