People of the Bible
Midian
also called Midianites, Midianitish
Family
- Father
- Abraham
- Mother
- Keturah
- Brothers and sisters
- Ishbak, Jokshan, Medan, Shuah, Zimran
- Half-brothers and sisters
- Isaac, Ishmael (Son of Hagar)
- Children
- Abida, Eldaah, Ephah, Epher, Henoch
In the story
- Subjugation by Midian · 1257 BC
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Strife, the fourth son of Abraham by Keturah, the father of the Midianites (Gen. 25:2; 1 Chr. 1:32).
From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.
Named in 38 verses
- Genesis
- 25:2, 25:4, 36:35
- Exodus
- 2:15, 2:16, 3:1, 4:19, 18:1
- Numbers
- 22:4, 22:7, 25:15, 25:18, 31:3, 31:8, 31:9
- Joshua
- 13:21
- Judges
- 6:1, 6:2, 7:8, 7:13, 7:14, 7:15, 7:25, 8:3, 8:5, 8:12, 8:22, 8:26, 8:28, 9:17
- 1 Kings
- 11:18
- 1 Chronicles
- 1:32, 1:33, 1:46
- Isaiah
- 9:4, 10:26, 60:6
- Habakkuk
- 3:7
The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.