Strongs Number: H4080
- Hebrew Word
- מִדְיָן
- Transliteration
- Midyân
- Phonetic
- mid-yawn'
- Part of Speech
- Strongs Definition
-
{Midjan} a son of Abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants
- BDB Definition
-
Midian or Midianite = "strife" n pr m
1. son of Abraham by Keturah and progenitor of the tribe of Midianites or Arabians
2. the tribe descended from Midian n pr loc
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
- Origin
- The same as H4079
- Bible Usage
- {Midian} Midianite.