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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:4 - And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:35 - And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad (who smote Midian in the field of Moab) reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:15 - Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:16 - Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:1

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:19 - And the LORD said to Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt; for all the men are dead who sought thy life.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:4 - And Moab said to the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are around us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:7 - And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balak.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:15 - And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:18 - For they distress you with their wiles, with which they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian their sister, who was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:3 - And Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves for the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD on Midian.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:7 - And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:8 - And they slew the kings of Midian, besides the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:9 - And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:21 - And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 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 Box Jdg 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 Box Jdg 6:3

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 Box Jdg 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 Box Jdg 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 Box Jdg 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 Box Jdg 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 Box Jdg 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 Box Jdg 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 Box Jdg 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 Box Jdg 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 Box Jdg 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 Box Jdg 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 - 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 Box Jdg 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 - 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 Box Jdg 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 Box Jdg 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 Box Jdg 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 Box Jdg 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 Box Jdg 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 Box Jdg 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 - 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 Box Jdg 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 Box Jdg 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 Box Jdg 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 Box Jdg 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 Box Jdg 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 Box Jdg 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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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:18 - And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took men with them from Paran, and they came to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt; who gave him a house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:32 - Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bore Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:33 - And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:46 - And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.

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