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mid.yan H4080

מִדְיָן (mid.yan) means “Midian” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

מִדְיָן Hebrew · H4080 59 tagged occurrences in 55 verses

Pronunciation guide: mid-yawn' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H4080G

מִדְיָן · mid.yan · Midian

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.2; son of: Abraham (H0085) 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 (H0028) and Eldaah (H0420) § Midian or Midianite = "strife" 1) son of Abraham by Keturah and progenitor of the tribe of Midianites or Arabians 2) the tribe descended from Midian 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

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TBESH · H4080H

מִדְיָן · mid.yan · Midian

§ Midian or Midianite = "strife" the tribe descended from Midian inhabitant of 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

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

the same as H4079 (מִדְיָן); Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants

KJV glosses: Midian, Midianite.

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How translators render H4080

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
of midian 26
midian 10
the midianites 9
against midian 1
all the midianites 1
and midian 1
as you did to midian 1
from midian 1
in midian 1
in this way midian 1
into the midianite 1
now the midianites 1
of a midianite 1
of the midianite 1
on them 1
the midianite 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
of midian 29
of the midianites 7
the midianites 7
midian 4
and midian 2
in midian 2
against the midianites 1
and let them go against the midianites 1
and the midianites 1
out of midian 1
that the midianites 1
then all the midianites 1
thus was midian 1
with the midianites 1

Verses containing H4080

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  1. Genesis 25:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  2. Genesis 25:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.

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  3. Genesis 36:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place. And the name of his city was Avith.

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  4. Exodus 2:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well.

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  5. Exodus 2:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.

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  6. Exodus 3:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

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  7. Exodus 4:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now the LORD had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who sought to kill you are dead.”

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  8. Exodus 18:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about all that God had done for Moses and His people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.

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  9. Numbers 22:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will devour everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” Since Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time,

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  10. Numbers 22:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The elders of Moab and Midian departed with the fees for divination in hand. They came to Balaam and relayed to him the words of Balak.

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  11. Numbers 25:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the name of the slain Midianite woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.

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  12. Numbers 25:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For they assailed you deceitfully when they seduced you in the matter of Peor and their sister Cozbi, the daughter of the Midianite leader, the woman who was killed on the day the plague came because of Peor.”

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  13. Numbers 31:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    So Moses told the people, “Arm some of your men for war, that they may go against the Midianites and execute the LORD’s vengeance on them.

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  14. Numbers 31:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then they waged war against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male.

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  15. Numbers 31:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Among the slain were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.

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  16. Numbers 31:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Israelites captured the Midianite women and their children, and they plundered all their herds, flocks, and goods.

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  17. Joshua 13:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    all the cities of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon until Moses killed him and the chiefs of Midian (Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba), the princes of Sihon who lived in the land.

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  18. Judges 6:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,

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  19. Judges 6:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.

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  20. Judges 6:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,

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  21. Judges 6:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Israel was greatly impoverished by Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the LORD.

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  22. Judges 6:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now when the Israelites cried out to the LORD because of Midian,

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  23. Judges 6:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.

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  24. Judges 6:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all His wonders of which our fathers told us, saying, ‘Has not the LORD brought us up out of Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hand of Midian.”

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  25. Judges 6:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The LORD turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Am I not sending you?”

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  26. Judges 6:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Surely I will be with you,” the LORD replied, “and you will strike down all the Midianites as one man.”

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  27. Judges 6:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.

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  28. Judges 7:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.

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  29. Judges 7:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many men for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’

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  30. Judges 7:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the LORD said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men who lapped the water I will save you and deliver the Midianites into your hand. But all the others are to go home.”

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  31. Judges 7:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites to their tents but kept the three hundred men, who took charge of the provisions and rams’ horns of the others. And the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley.

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  32. Judges 7:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.

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  33. Judges 7:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And as Gideon arrived, a man was telling his friend about a dream. “Behold, I had a dream,” he said, “and I saw a loaf of barley bread come tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent so hard that the tent overturned and collapsed.”

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  34. Judges 7:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    His friend replied: “This is nothing less than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has delivered Midian and the whole camp into his hand.”

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  35. Judges 7:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.”

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  36. Judges 7:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the men of Israel were called out from Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh, and they pursued the Midianites.

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  37. Judges 7:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim to say, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth-barah.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth-barah.

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  38. Judges 7:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    They also captured Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian; and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. So they pursued the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of the Jordan.

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  39. Judges 8:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the men of Ephraim said to Gideon, “Why have you done this to us? Why did you fail to call us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they contended with him violently.

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  40. Judges 8:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    God has delivered Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian, into your hand. What was I able to do compared to you?” When he had said this, their anger against him subsided.

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  41. Judges 8:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”

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  42. Judges 8:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, Gideon pursued and captured these two kings of Midian, routing their entire army.

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  43. Judges 8:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the Israelites said to Gideon, “Rule over us—you and your son and grandson—for you have saved us from the hand of Midian.”

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  44. Judges 8:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.

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  45. Judges 8:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon,

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  46. Judges 9:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    for my father fought for you and risked his life to deliver you from the hand of Midian,

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  47. 1 Kings 11:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Hadad and his men set out from Midian and went to Paran. They took men from Paran with them and went to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave Hadad a house and land and provided him with food.

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  48. 1 Chronicles 1:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.

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  49. 1 Chronicles 1:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All of these were Keturah’s sons.

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  50. 1 Chronicles 1:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place. And the name of his city was Avith.

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