Occurrences
Midyân occurs 59 times in 55 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (3), Exodus (5), Numbers (8), Joshua (1), Judges (29), 1 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (3), Psalms (1), Isaiah (3), Habakkuk (1)
- Genesis 25:2 — And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian (מִדְיָ֑ן), and Ishbak, and Shuah.
- Genesis 25:4 — And the sons of Midian (מִדְיָ֗ן); Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
- Genesis 36:35 — And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian (מִדְיָן֙) in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.
- Exodus 2:15 — Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian (מִדְיָ֖ן): and he sat down by a well.
- Exodus 2:16 — Now the priest of Midian (מִדְיָ֖ן) had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
- Exodus 3:1 — Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian (מִדְיָ֑ן): and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
- Exodus 4:19 — And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian (בְּמִדְיָ֔ן), Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.
- Exodus 18:1 — When Jethro, the priest of Midian (מִדְיָן֙), Moses’ father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt;
- Numbers 22:4 — And Moab said unto the elders of Midian (מִדְיָ֗ן), Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.
- Numbers 22:7 — And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian (מִדְיָ֔ן) departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.
- Numbers 25:15 — And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian (בְּמִדְיָ֖ן).
- Numbers 25:18 — For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian (מִדְיָן֙), their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor’s sake.
- Numbers 31:3 — And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites (מִדְיָ֔ן), and avenge the LORD of Midian.
- Numbers 31:3 — And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian (בְּמִדְיָֽן).
- Numbers 31:7 — And they warred against the Midianites (מִדְיָ֔ן), as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.
- Numbers 31:8 — And they slew the kings of Midian (מִדְיָ֜ן), beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
- Numbers 31:8 — And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian (מִדְיָ֑ן): Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
- Numbers 31:9 — And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian (מִדְיָ֖ן) captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.
- Joshua 13:21 — And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian (מִדְיָ֗ן), Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.
- Judges 6:1 — And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian (מִדְיָ֖ן) seven years.
- Judges 6:2 — And the hand of Midian (מִדְיָ֖ן) prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.
- Judges 6:2 — And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites (מִדְיָ֜ן) the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.
- Judges 6:3 — And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites (מִדְיָ֧ן) came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;
- Judges 6:6 — And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites (מִדְיָ֑ן); and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.
- Judges 6:7 — And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of the Midianites (מִדְיָֽן),
- Judges 6:11 — And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi-ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites (מִדְיָֽן).
- Judges 6:13 — And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites (מִדְיָֽן).
- Judges 6:14 — And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites (מִדְיָ֑ן): have not I sent thee?
- Judges 6:16 — And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites (מִדְיָ֖ן) as one man.
- Judges 6:33 — Then all the Midianites (מִדְיָ֧ן) and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel.
- Judges 7:1 — Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites (מִדְיָן֙) were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
- Judges 7:2 — And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites (מִדְיָ֖ן) into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.
- Judges 7:7 — And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites (מִדְיָ֖ן) into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.
- Judges 7:8 — So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian (מִדְיָ֔ן) was beneath him in the valley.
- Judges 7:12 — And the Midianites (וּמִדְיָ֨ן) and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.
- Judges 7:13 — And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian (מִדְיָ֔ן), and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.
- Judges 7:14 — And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian (מִדְיָ֖ן), and all the host.
- Judges 7:15 — And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian (מִדְיָֽן).
- Judges 7:23 — And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites (מִדְיָֽן).
- Judges 7:24 — And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites (מִדְיָן֙), and take before them the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan.
- Judges 7:25 — And they took two princes of the Midianites (מִדְיָ֜ן), Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.
- Judges 7:25 — And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian (מִדְיָ֑ן), and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.
- Judges 8:1 — And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites (בְּמִדְיָ֑ן)? And they did chide with him sharply.
- Judges 8:3 — God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian (מִדְיָן֙), Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
- Judges 8:5 — And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian (מִדְיָֽן).
- Judges 8:12 — And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian (מִדְיָ֗ן), Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.
- Judges 8:22 — Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian (מִדְיָֽן).
- Judges 8:26 — And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian (מִדְיָ֔ן), and beside the chains that were about their camels’ necks.
- Judges 8:28 — Thus was Midian (מִדְיָ֗ן) subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.
- Judges 9:17 — (For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian (מִדְיָֽן):