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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, Hanok, Abida and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:35 - When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, succeeded him as king. His city was named Avith.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:15 - When Pharaoh heard of this, he tried to kill Moses, but Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in Midian, where he sat down by a well.

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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:19 - Now the LORD had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all those who wanted to kill you are dead.”

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:4 - The Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde is going to lick up everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” So Balak son of Zippor, who was king of Moab at that time,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:7 - The elders of Moab and Midian left, taking with them the fee for divination. When they came to Balaam, they told him what Balak had said.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:15 - And the name of the Midianite woman who was put to death was Kozbi daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:18 - They treated you as enemies when they deceived you in the Peor incident involving their sister Kozbi, the daughter of a Midianite leader, the woman who was killed when the plague came as a result of that incident.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:3 - So Moses said to the people, “Arm some of your men to go to war against the Midianites so that they may carry out the LORD’s vengeance on them.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:8 - Among their victims were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:9 - The Israelites captured the Midianite women and children and took all the Midianite herds, flocks and goods as plunder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:21 - all the towns on the plateau and the entire realm of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled at Heshbon. Moses had defeated him and the Midianite chiefs, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba—princes allied with Sihon—who lived in that country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:1 - The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD, and for seven years he gave them into the hands of the Midianites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:2 - Because the power of Midian was so oppressive, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in mountain clefts, caves and strongholds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:3 - Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites and other eastern peoples invaded the country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:6 - Midian so impoverished the Israelites that they cried out to the LORD for help.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:11 - 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 keep it from the Midianites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:13 - “Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all his wonders that our ancestors told us about when they said, ‘Did not the LORD bring us up out of Egypt?’ But now the LORD has abandoned us and given us into the hand of Midian.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:14 - The LORD turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian’s hand. Am I not sending you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:16 - The LORD answered, “I will be with you, and you will strike down all the Midianites, leaving none alive.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:33 - Now all the Midianites, Amalekites and other eastern peoples joined forces and crossed over the Jordan and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:1 - Early in the morning, Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) and all his men camped at the spring of Harod. The camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:2 - The LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many men. I cannot deliver Midian into their hands, or Israel would boast against me, ‘My own strength has saved me.’

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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 that lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hands. Let all the others go home.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:8 - So Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites home but kept the three hundred, who took over the provisions and trumpets of the others. Now the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:12 - The Midianites, the Amalekites and all the other eastern peoples had settled in the valley, thick as locusts. Their camels could no more be counted than the sand on the seashore.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:13 - Gideon arrived just as a man was telling a friend his dream. “I had a dream,” he was saying. “A round loaf of barley bread came tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent with such force that the tent overturned and collapsed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:14 - His friend responded, “This can be nothing other than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has given the Midianites and the whole camp into his hands.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:15 - When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed down and worshiped. He returned to the camp of Israel and called out, “Get up! The LORD has given the Midianite camp into your hands.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:23 - Israelites from Naphtali, Asher and all Manasseh were called out, and they pursued the Midianites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:24 - Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “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 seized the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth Barah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:25 - They also captured two of the Midianite leaders, Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. They pursued the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon, who was by the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:1 - Now the Ephraimites asked Gideon, “Why have you treated us like this? Why didn’t you call us when you went to fight Midian?” And they challenged him vigorously.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:3 - God gave Oreb and Zeeb, the Midianite leaders, into your hands. What was I able to do compared to you?” At this, their resentment against him subsided.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:5 - He said to the men of Sukkoth, “Give my troops some bread; they are worn out, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:12 - Zebah and Zalmunna, the two kings of Midian, fled, but he pursued them and captured them, routing their entire army.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:22 - The Israelites said to Gideon, “Rule over us—you, your son and your grandson—because you have saved us from the hand of Midian.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:26 - The weight of the gold rings he asked for came to seventeen hundred shekels,[fn] not counting the ornaments, the pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Midian or the chains that were on their camels’ necks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:28 - Thus Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. During Gideon’s lifetime, the land had peace forty years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:17 - Remember that my father fought for you and risked his life to rescue you from the hand of Midian.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:18 - They set out from Midian and went to Paran. Then taking people from Paran with them, they went to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave Hadad a house and land and provided him with food.

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

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:46 - When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, succeeded him as king. His city was named Avith.

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