Strong's H4080 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: מִדְיָן (Midyân)

Pronunciation: mid-yawn'

Morphology: n-pr-m n-pr-loc

Part of Speech: n pr m, n pr loc

Name Meaning: Midian or Midianite = "strife"

Derivation: the same as מִדְיָן (midyân) [H4079];

Definition: Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants

KJV Renderings: Midian, Midianite.

Senses

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

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.