1. Midian (proper noun) — Midian (Hebrew מִדְיָן), the proper name referring to (1) the son of Abraham and Keturah (Gen 25:2, 4; 1 Chr 1:32-33), (2) the Arabian tribal people descended from him, and (3) the territory they inhabited east of the Jordan and south of Moab. Appears with various prepositions (in Midian, Exod 2:15; 4:19; against Midian, Judg 8:1; from Midian, 1 Kgs 11:18; as/like Midian, Ps 83:9) and conjunctions (and Midian, Judg 7:12; 1 Chr 1:32), all of which are syntactic variants of the same proper noun. Uniformly rendered Midian/Madian/مِدْيَان/미디안/मिद्यान across all target languages with 59 total occurrences. 59×
AR["مِدْيانَ","مِدْيانُ","مِدْيَانَ"]·ben["মিদিয়ন","মিদিয়নকে","মিদিয়নে","মিদিয়নের"]·DE["Midian","Midjan","Midjans","Midyan"]·EN["Midian","Midyan"]·FR["Madian","Midyan"]·heb["מדין"]·HI["मिद्यान","मिद्यान-का","मिद्यान-के"]·ID["Midian"]·IT["Madian","Midyan"]·jav["Midian","Midyan"]·KO["미디안","미디안-의","미디안과","미디안을","미디안의","미디안이","위에-그-우물에"]·PT["Midyan","Midyan,"]·RU["Мадиана","Мидиан","Мидиана","Мидьян","Мидьяна","Мидьянского"]·ES["Madián","Midyan","Midyán"]·SW["Midiani","wa-Midiani","ya-Midiani"]·TR["Midyan","Midyan'a","Midyan'ı","Midyan'ın","Midyanın"]·urd["مدیان","مدیان-کا","مدیان-کی","مدیان-کے"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
מִדְיָן n.pr.m. 1. son of Abraham and Keturah Gn 25:2, 4 (J) 1 Ch 1:32, 33. 2. an Arabian tribe Gn 36:35 (= 1 Ch 1:46) Nu 31:3(×2), 7, 8(×2), 9 (P) Ju 6–9 (31 times); having a כֹּהֵן (as chieftain?) Ex 2:16; 3:1; 18:1 (E); זקנים Nu 22:4, 7 (JE), נשׂיא(ים) Nu 25:18 (P) Jos 13:21 (P), שׂרים Ju 7:25; 8:3, מלכים Nu 31:8(×2) Ju 5:5, 12, 26; בִּכְרֵי מִדְיָן dromedaries of Midian Is 60:6; יוֹם מִדְיָן…