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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - מִדְיָן
מִדְיָן
H4080
Transliteration: Midyân
Pronunciation: mid-yawn'
Definition: Midian
Original: מדין Transliteration: midyân Phonetic: mid-yawn'
BDB Definition:
Midian or Midianite = "strife"- son of Abraham by Keturah and progenitor of the tribe of Midianites or Arabians (noun proper masculine)
- the tribe descended from Midian (noun proper masculine)
- 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 (noun proper locative)