Midianites
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Midianites (30 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia MIDIAN; MIDIANITES. mid'-i-an,
mid'-i-an-its (midhyan, midhyanim; Madiam, Madienaioi): 1. The See ...
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Midianite (11 Occurrences)
... After the Exodus, the Midianites were friendly to the Israelites so long as they
traversed only their outlying pasture-ground on the west of the Arabah; but ...
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Mid'ianites (12 Occurrences)
... << Midianites, Mid'ianites. Midianitess >>. ... Genesis 37:36 And the Midianites sold
him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard ...
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Midian (60 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Strife, the fourth son of Abraham by Keturah, the father
of the Midianites (Genesis 25:2; 1 Chronicles 1:32). Int. ... MIDIAN; MIDIANITES. ...
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Gideon (45 Occurrences)
... After the victory gained by Deborah and Barak over Jabin, Israel once more sank
into idolatry, and the Midianites (qv) and Amalekites, with other "children of ...
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Amalek (35 Occurrences)
... When they joined the Midianites to invade Israel they came "with their cattle and
their tents" (Judges 6:3-5). They are not to be identified with the ...
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Zebah (9 Occurrences)
... Man-killer, or sacrifice, one of the two kings who led the vast host of the Midianites
who invaded the land of Israel, and over whom Gideon gained a great and ...
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Oreb (4 Occurrences)
... Many of the Midianites perished along with him (Psalm 83:9; Isaiah 10:26).
Oreb, The rock of. The place where Gideon slew Oreb after ...
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Ophrah (9 Occurrences)
... 11; 8:27, 32). After his great victory over the Midianites, he slew at this
place the captive kings (8:18-21). He then assumed the ...
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Eastern (22 Occurrences)
... Judges 6:3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and
the Amalekites, and the children of the east; they came up against them; (See ...
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Moreh (3 Occurrences)
... gray ridge parallel to Gilboa on the north; and between the two lay the battle-field,
the plain of Jezreel (qv), where Gideon overthrew the Midianites (Judges 7 ...
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Balaam (62 Occurrences)
... Lord of the people; foreigner or glutton, as interpreted by others, the son of Beor,
was a man of some rank among the Midianites (Numbers 31:8; Comp. 16). ...
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Amalekite (12 Occurrences)
... We read of them subsequently as in league with the Moabites (Judges 3:13) and the
Midianites (Judges 6:3). Saul finally desolated their territory and destroyed ...
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Amalekites (36 Occurrences)
... Judges 6:3 So it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the
Amalekites, and the children of the east; they came up against them; (WEB KJV ...
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Mid'ianite (5 Occurrences)
Mid'ianite. << Midianite, Mid'ianite. Midianites >>. Multi-Version Concordance ... (See
RSV). << Midianite, Mid'ianite. Midianites >>. Reference Bible.
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Period (43 Occurrences)
... 2. Foes Without: Besides these foes within Canaan, the Israelites had enemies from
without to contend with, namely, the Moabites, Midianites, Ammonites, and ...
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Zalmunna (9 Occurrences)
... represents himself to be in 6:15. The whole section tells of a daring raid
made by Gideon upon the Midianites. Some of his own kin had ...
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Wine-press (11 Occurrences)
... under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained to Joash the Abi-ezrite: and his
son Gideon thrashed wheat by the wine-press, to hide it from the Midianites. ...
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Ishmaelites (6 Occurrences)
... ages. Such was the character of the Midianites as described in Judges 7,
who are again identified with the Ishmaelites (8:24). These ...
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Bethbarah (1 Occurrence)
... being lost in copying. It is a ford which the Midianites were expected
to pass in fleeing from Gideon. Messengers were therefore ...
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Collar (6 Occurrences)
... 39:23). The "collars" (Hebrews netiphoth) among the spoils of the Midianites
(Judges 8:26; RV, "pendants") were ear-drops. The same ...
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Chain (21 Occurrences)
... (2.) It was used as an ornament (Proverbs 1:9; Cant. 1:10). The Midianites adorned
the necks of their camels with chains (Judges 8:21, 26). ...
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Abel-meholah (3 Occurrences)
... When Gideon and his 300 broke their pitchers in the camp of Midian, the Midianites
in their first panic fled down the valley of Jezreel and the Jordan "toward ...
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Abelmeholah (3 Occurrences)
... When Gideon and his 300 broke their pitchers in the camp of Midian, the Midianites
in their first panic fled down the valley of Jezreel and the Jordan "toward ...
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Avenge (27 Occurrences)
... hand of the enemy. (KJV DBY WBS NIV). Numbers 31:2 "Avenge the children of
Israel for the Midianites. Afterward you shall be gathered ...
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Gold (429 Occurrences)
... It might be inferred from the extensive spoils in gold taken from the Midianites
(?100,000 HDB, under the word) that their country (Northwestern Arabia ...
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Threshing (57 Occurrences)
... Gideon, in order to avoid being seen by the Midianites, beat out his wheat in a
wine press instead of threshing it on the threshing-floor (Judges 6:11). ...
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Sold (92 Occurrences)
... Genesis 37:28 Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted
up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces ...
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Assembled (186 Occurrences)
... Judges 6:33 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east
assembled themselves together; and they passed over, and encamped in the ...
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Peoples (305 Occurrences)
... DBY). Numbers 31:2 Avenge the children of Israel upon the Midianites; afterwards
shalt thou be gathered unto thy peoples. (DBY). Deuteronomy ...
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Jezreel (37 Occurrences)
... Jordan (Joshua 17:16; Judges 6:33; Hosea 1:5). It was the scene of the signal victory
gained by the Israelites under Gideon over the Midianites, the Amalekites ...
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Moabites (26 Occurrences)
... But when Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, saw what a powerful people was settling
on his border, he made alliance with the Midianites against them and called ...
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Slew (206 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). Numbers 31:7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded
Moses; and they slew all the males. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV). ...
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Pitched (101 Occurrences)
... Judges 6:33 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east
were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel ...
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Judges (117 Occurrences)
... (f) Judges 6-8: A 7-year oppression at the hands of the Midianites, which is described
as peculiarly severe, so that the land became desolate on account of the ...
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Smitten (215 Occurrences)
... father in Midian 'is' he. (YLT). Numbers 25:17 Distress the Midianites,
and ye have smitten them, (YLT). Numbers 25:18 for they are ...
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Moab (162 Occurrences)
... But when Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, saw what a powerful people was settling
on his border, he made alliance with the Midianites against them and called ...
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East (228 Occurrences)
... In the story of Gideon (Judges 6:3, 13; Judges 7:12; Judges 8:10), we find several
times the expression "the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of ...
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Vengeance (63 Occurrences)
... Numbers 31:2 Execute the vengeance of the sons of Israel against the Midianites --
afterwards thou art gathered unto thy people.' (YLT NAS NIV). ...
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Vaunt (5 Occurrences)
... Judges 7:2 Yahweh said to Gideon, "The people who are with you are too many for
me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against ...
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Vex (20 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 19:33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex
him. (KJV). Numbers 25:17 Vex the Midianites, and smite them: (KJV ASV). ...
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Zeeb (3 Occurrences)
... of a battle here is corroborated by Isaiah 10:26, a verse which mentions the "rock
of Oreb," and suggests that the great defeat of the Midianites took place ...
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Zipporah (3 Occurrences)
... she and her two sons, Gershom and Eliezer, when so far on the way with Moses toward
Egypt, were sent back by him to her own kinsfolk, the Midianites, with whom ...
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Zimri (16 Occurrences)
... Numbers 31 describes the extermination of the Midianites at the bidding of Moses.
All the males are slain by the Israelites (31:7), but the women are spared. ...
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Zarethan (4 Occurrences)
... In Judges 7:22, Gibeon is said to have pursued the Midianites "as far as Bethshittah
toward Zererah," which is probably a misreading for Zeredah, arising from ...
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Karkor (1 Occurrence)
... Here Gideon overtook and routed a fugitive band of Midianites under Zeba and Zalmunna,
whom he took captive. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. KARKOR. ...
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Kenites (8 Occurrences)
... He is called a "Midianite" (Numbers 10:29), and hence it is concluded that
the Midianites and the Kenites were the same tribe. They ...
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Kison (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Kison (1 Occurrence). Psalms 83:9 Do unto them as unto
the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: (KJV WBS). ...
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Nobah (2 Occurrences)
... survived that of Nobah. (2) A city which marked-the course of Gideon's pursuit
of the Midianites (Judges 8:11). It is possible that ...
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Uplifted (26 Occurrences)
... Judges 7:2 And the Lord said to Gideon, So great is the number of your people, that
if I give the Midianites into their hands they will be uplifted in pride ...
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Oak-tree (11 Occurrences)
... Ophrah, in the field of Joash the Abiezrite; and his son Gideon was crushing grain
in the place where the grapes were crushed, so that the Midianites might not ...
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Overcame (84 Occurrences)
... Genesis 36:35 And at the death of Husham, Hadad, son of Bedad, who overcame the
Midianites in the field of Moab, became king; his chief town was named Avith. ...
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Officials (229 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Genesis 37:36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar,
an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard. (See NIV). ...
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Jogbehah (2 Occurrences)
... It lay on the line along which Gideon chased the Midianites (Judges 8:11), and the
indication there leaves no doubt that it is represented today by Ajbeihat. ...
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Jethro (10 Occurrences)
... From this Ewald infers that the Midianites were at that time intimately blended
with the Amalekites, to which tribe the Kenites belonged (HI, II, 44). ...
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Locusts (33 Occurrences)
... Judges 7:12 The Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay
along in the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were ...
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Life-guard (5 Occurrences)
... Life-guard (5 Occurrences). Genesis 37:36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt,
to Potiphar, a chamberlain of Pharaoh, the captain of the life-guard. (DBY). ...
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Lapped (2 Occurrences)
... Judges 7:7 Yahweh said to Gideon, "By the three hundred men who lapped will
I save you, and deliver the Midianites into your hand. ...
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Gilead (130 Occurrences)
... It has been suggested (Studer, Comm., at the place) that, as the Midianites lay
between the men of the northern tribes and their homes, they were told to cross ...
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Gibeath (2 Occurrences)
... which lay the Midianites (Judges 7:1, English Versions of the Bible "the hill
of Moreh"; the Hebrew is literally, "hill of the teacher"). ...
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Grasshoppers (11 Occurrences)
... Judges 7:12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east
lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels ...
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Wentest (16 Occurrences)
... 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? ...
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Winepress (19 Occurrences)
... the oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained to Joash the Abiezrite: and his son
Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. ...
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Ish'maelites (6 Occurrences)
... Genesis 37:28 And there passed by Midianites, merchantmen; and they drew and lifted
up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty ...
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Invaded (20 Occurrences)
... Judges 6:3 So it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the
Amalekites, and the children of the east; they came up against them; (See NIV). ...
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Impoverished (4 Occurrences)
... (DBY NAS). Judges 6:6 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites;
and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD. (KJV WBS NIV). ...
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Thrashed (1 Occurrence)
... under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained to Joash the Abi-ezrite: and his
son Gideon thrashed wheat by the wine-press, to hide it from the Midianites. ...
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Terebinth (15 Occurrences)
... the oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son
Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites...
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Threshed (7 Occurrences)
... under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his
son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. ...
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Rocks (48 Occurrences)
... Judges 6:2 And Midian was stronger than Israel; and because of the Midianites, the
children of Israel made holes for themselves in the mountains, and hollows ...
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Esdraelon
... than Esdraelon) by Bethshean. Here Gideon gained his great victory over
the Midianites (Judges 7:1-25). Here also Barak defeated ...
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Evi (2 Occurrences)
... EVI. e'-vi ('ewi, "desire"; Euei): One of the five kings, or chiefs of the Midianites,
slain by Israel during their sojourn in the plains of Moab (Numbers 31:8 ...
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Dream (82 Occurrences)
... dreams are also recorded, such as those of Abimelech (Genesis 20:3-7), Pharaoh's
chief butler and baker (40:5), Pharaoh (41:1-8), the Midianites (Judges 7:13 ...
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Defeat (16 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Judges 6:16 Yahweh said to him, "Surely I will be with you, and
you shall strike the Midianites as one man." (See NAS). ...
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Maonites (3 Occurrences)
... The Septuagint "Midian" has been accepted by some scholars as restoring the original
text, since, otherwise, the Midianites remain unmentioned. ...
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Maon (7 Occurrences)
... The Septuagint "Midian" has been accepted by some scholars as restoring the original
text, since, otherwise, the Midianites remain unmentioned. ...
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Merchantmen (2 Occurrences)
... Genesis 37:28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted
up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty ...
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Moabite (13 Occurrences)
... The Moabites were alarmed, and their king, Balak, sought aid from the Midianites
(Numbers 22:2-4). It was while they were here that the visit of Balaam (qv) to ...
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Medan (2 Occurrences)
... The tribe and its place remain unidentified, and the conjecture that the name may
be connected with the Midianites is unlikely from the fact that in the list ...
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Merchants (34 Occurrences)
... Genesis 37:28 Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted
up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces ...
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