Strong H4080H4080Gמִדְיָן
Midian
One of the 2 senses of Strong H4080
- Transliteration
- midyân
- Pronunciation
- mid-yawn'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.2;
son of: Abraham (H85) and Keturah (H6989);
half-brother of: Ishmael (H3458) and Isaac (H3327);
brother of: Zimran (H2175), Jokshan (H3370), Medan (H4091), Ishbak (H3435) and Shuah (H7744);
father of: Ephah (H5891), Epher (H6081), Hanoch (H2585I), Abida (H28) and Eldaah (H420)
son of: Abraham (H85) and Keturah (H6989);
half-brother of: Ishmael (H3458) and Isaac (H3327);
brother of: Zimran (H2175), Jokshan (H3370), Medan (H4091), Ishbak (H3435) and Shuah (H7744);
father of: Ephah (H5891), Epher (H6081), Hanoch (H2585I), Abida (H28) and Eldaah (H420)
Meaning of the name
Midian or Midianite = "strife"
General definition
The same as H4079; {Midjan} a son of Abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants: - {Midian} Midianite.
In the biblical story
Midian
Son of Abraham and Keturah; father of the Midianites.
Midian, a son of Abraham and Keturah, was the ancestor of the Midianite people (Gen.25.2,4; 1Ch.1.32,33).
In the Bible
Strong H4080G appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- midian4
First verses
- Genesis 25:2And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
- Genesis 25:4And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
- 1 Chronicles 1:32Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.
- 1 Chronicles 1:33And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah.