Hebrew word · H4091

מְדָן

medan

Medan

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.2;

son of: Abraham (H0085) and Keturah (H6989);

half-brother of: Ishmael (H3458) and Isaac (H3327);

brother of: Zimran (H2175), Jokshan (H3370), Midian (H4080), Ishbak (H3435) and Shuah (H7744); also called Mede frequently

§ Medan = "contention"

a son of Abraham by Keturah

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Genesis · 1

  1. Genesis 25:2 מְדָ֖ן Medan

    and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 1:32 וּמְדָ֥ן and Medan

    The sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.