Bible dictionaries

Medan

What Bible dictionaries say about “Medan”, one article after the other.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

Medan - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)

Contention, the third son of Abraham by Keturah (Gen. 25:2).

Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)

me'-dan (medhan, "strife"): One of the sons of Abraham by Keturah (Ge 25:2; 1Ch 1:32). The tribe and its place remain unidentified, and the conjecture that the name may be connected with the Midianites is unlikely from the fact that in the list of the sons of Abraham and Keturah Midian is mentioned alongside of Medan.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2

The article in ISBE 1915

Smith’s Bible Dictionary

(contention), a son of Abraham and Keturah. (Genesis 23:5; 1 Chronicles 1:42)

William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3

The article in Smith