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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 31 times in 29 verses in 'Jdg' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:1 - And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:2 - And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:3 - And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:6 - And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:7 - And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried to the LORD because of the Midianites,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:11 - And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained to Joash the Abi-ezrite: and his son Gideon thrashed wheat by the wine-press, to hide it from the Midianites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:13 - And Gideon said to him, O my Lord, if the LORD is with us, why then hath all this befallen us? and where are all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:14 - And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:16 - And the LORD said to him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:33 - Then all the Midianites, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east were assembled, and went over, and encamped in the valley of Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:1 - Then Jerubbaal (who is Gideon) and all the people that were with him, rose early, and encamped beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:2 - And the LORD said to Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, My own hand hath saved me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:7 - And the LORD said to Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thy hand: and let all the other people go every man to his place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:8 - So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent of all the rest of Israel every man to his tent, and retained those three hundred men. And the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:12 - And the Midianites, and the Amalekites, and all the children of the east, lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:13 - And when Gideon had come, behold, there was a man that told a dream to his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and lo, a cake of barley-bread rolled into the host of Midian, and came to a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it that the tent lay along.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:14 - And his fellow answered, and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:15 - And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and its interpretation, that he worshiped, and returned to the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:23 - And the men of Israel assembled out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued the Midianites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:24 - And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters to Beth-barah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim assembled, and took the waters to Beth-barah and Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:25 - And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the wine-press of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:1 - And the men of Ephraim said to him, Why hast thou treated us thus, that thou calledst us not when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? and they chid with him sharply.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:3 - God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then, when he had said that, their anger towards him abated.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:5 - And he said to the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread to the people that follow me: for they are faint, and I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:12 - And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:22 - Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:26 - And the weight of the golden ear-rings that he requested, was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; besides ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their camels' necks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:28 - Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they raised their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:17 - (For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you from the hand of Midian:
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