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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"
  1. son of Abraham by Keturah and progenitor of the tribe of Midianites or Arabians (noun proper masculine)
  2. the tribe descended from Midian (noun proper masculine)
  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 (noun proper locative)

Origin: the same as H4079" class="dictionary-topic-link">H4079

TWOT entry: None

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