Strong H4312מֵידָד
Medad
- Transliteration
- mêydâd
- Pronunciation
- may-dawd'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Meaning of the name
Medad = "love"
Detailed definition
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.11.26
In the biblical story
Medad
Eldad's companion who prophesied in the Israelite camp.
Medad, along with Eldad, prophesied in the Israelite camp, though they had not gone to the tent of meeting (Num.11.26,27).
In the Bible
Strong H4312 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- medad2
First verses
- Numbers 11:26But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp.
- Numbers 11:27And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.