Person

Midian

Name means
judgment; covering; habit
Also called
Midianites,Midianitish
Mentioned
38 verses · first in Genesis 25:2

Family

GrandparentsTerah
ParentsAbrahamKeturah
Midian
ChildrenEldaahAbidaHenochEpherEphah
Brothers & sistersIshbakJokshanMedanShuahZimranIsaacIshmael

About Midian

Strife, the fourth son of Abraham by Keturah, the father of the Midianites (Gen. 25:2; 1 Chr. 1:32).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

On the timeline

  1. 1257 BCSubjugation by MidianJudges 6:1–10
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Every mention

Genesis 25:2, 25:4, 36:35
Exodus 2:15–16, 3:1, 4:19, 18:1
Numbers 22:4, 22:7, 25:15, 25:18, 31:3, 31:8–9
Joshua 13:21
Judges 6:1–2, 7:8, 7:13–15, 7:25, 8:3, 8:5, 8:12, 8:22, 8:26, 8:28, 9:17
1 Kings 11:18
1 Chronicles 1:32–33, 1:46
Isaiah 9:4, 10:26, 60:6
Habakkuk 3:7

People data: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0). Dates are traditional estimates.