מִדְיָן (midyān) — strife / contention / quarrel

Form 1

Part of speech: nsm

Related lemmas: דין

Sense 1: strife, contention, quarrel

Semantic domains: Conflict (002003002007)

Core domains: Conflict (044)

Definition: = state of opposition or hostility between two or more persons

Show passage in OET: PRO 6:14

OET-RV PRO 6:14

14 People like that think perversely—
⇔ always devising evil plans
⇔ and spreading dissension.

OET-LV PRO 6:14

14 Perverse _things are_in_heart _of_his he_is_devising evil in_all time contentions he _sends _out.

Show passage in OET: PRO 18:18

OET-RV PRO 18:18

⇔  18 Tossing a coin ends quarrels,
⇔ → and it settles things between powerful people.

OET-LV PRO 18:18

18 Contentions the_lot it _puts _an _end _to and_between mighty_people it _separates.

Jump to OET PRO 6:14 section.

Jump to OET PRO 18:18 section.

All 10 recorded passages for this sense

PRO: OET PRO 6:14 · OET PRO 18:18–19 · OET PRO 19:13 · OET PRO 21:9 · OET PRO 21:19 · OET PRO 23:29 · OET PRO 25:24 · OET PRO 26:21 · OET PRO 27:15

Form 2

Part of speech: np

Related names: מִדְיָנִי

Sense 1: Midian

Semantic domains: Names of People (003001007)

Definition: = man; ◄ son of Keturah, wife of Abraham; ► regarded as ancestor of an ethnic group with the same name

Show passage in OET: GEN 25:2

OET-RV GEN 25:2

2 and she gave birth to Zimran, Yakeshan, Medan, Midyan, Yishbak, and Shuah.

OET-LV GEN 25:2

2 And_she/it _gave _birth to_him/it DOM Zimrān and_DOM Yoqshān/(Jokshan) and_DOM Mədān and_DOM Midyān and_DOM Yishbāq/(Ishbak) and_DOM Shuah.

Show passage in OET: GEN 25:4

OET-RV GEN 25:4

4 Midyan’s sons were Eyfah, Efer, Hanok, Avida, and Elda’ah. All of those were Keturah’s descendants.

OET-LV GEN 25:4

4 And_the _sons of _Midyān were_ˊĒyfāh and_ˊĒfer and_Ḩₐnōk/(Enoch) and_ʼAⱱīdāˊ and_ʼEldāˊāh all _of these were_the _sons _of Qəţūrāh.

Jump to OET GEN 25:2 section.

Jump to OET GEN 25:4 section.

All 4 recorded passages for this sense

GEN: OET GEN 25:2 · OET GEN 25:4

CH1: OET CH1 1:32–33

Sense 2: Midian

Semantic domains: Names of Groups (003001006)

Definition: = ethnic group; ◄ regarded as descendants of one of the sons of Keturah, wife of Abraham

Show passage in OET: GEN 36:35

OET-RV GEN 36:35

35 Then Husham died, and Bedad’s son Hadad reigned in his place, and the name of his city was Avit. He was the one who attacked the Midyanites in the countryside in Moav (Moab).

OET-LV GEN 36:35

35 And_ Ḩūshām _he/it _died and_he _reigned in_place _of _him Hₐdad the _son _of Bədad who_defeated DOM Midyān in_the _region _of Mōʼāⱱ and_name _of his _city _of_his was_ˊAvīt.

Show passage in OET: EXO 2:15

OET-RV EXO 2:15

15 Indeed, when Par’oh (Pharaoh) heard about it, he ordered Mosheh to be killed. So Mosheh had to flee from the king and he took off east to live in Midyan and he stayed near the well.

OET-LV EXO 2:15

15 And_ Parˊoh _he/it _listened DOM the_matter the_this and_he/it _sought to_kill DOM Mosheh and_ Mosheh _he _fled from_face/in _front _of Parˊoh and_he/it _sat _down//remained//lived in_land _of Midyān and_he/it _sat _down//remained//lived at the_well.

Jump to OET GEN 36:35 section.

Jump to OET EXO 2:15 section.

All 51 recorded passages for this sense

GEN: OET GEN 36:35

EXO: OET EXO 2:15–16 · OET EXO 3:1 · OET EXO 4:19 · OET EXO 18:1

NUM: OET NUM 22:4 · OET NUM 22:7 · OET NUM 25:15 · OET NUM 25:18 · OET NUM 31:3 · OET NUM 31:7–9

JOS: OET JOS 13:21

JDG: OET JDG 6:1–3 · OET JDG 6:6–7 · OET JDG 6:11 · OET JDG 6:13–14 · OET JDG 6:16 · OET JDG 6:33 · OET JDG 7:1–2 · OET JDG 7:7–8 · OET JDG 7:12–15 · OET JDG 7:23–25 · OET JDG 8:1 · OET JDG 8:3 · OET JDG 8:5 · OET JDG 8:12 · OET JDG 8:22 · OET JDG 8:26 · OET JDG 8:28 · OET JDG 9:17

KI1: OET KI1 11:18

CH1: OET CH1 1:46

PSA: OET PSA 83:9

ISA: OET ISA 9:4 · OET ISA 10:26 · OET ISA 60:6

HAB: OET HAB 3:7

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

מִדְיָן

Form 1

Sense 1: strife, contention, quarrel

Form 2

Sense 1: Midian

Sense 2: Midian