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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52739" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52739" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> MEDAN. </strong> One of the sons of [[Abraham]] and [[Keturah]] ( [[Genesis]] 25:2 = 1 Chronicles 1:32 ). The existence of such a tribe, however, is very doubtful. In Genesis 37:36 ‘Medanites’ is miswritten for <strong> [[Midianites]] </strong> (see RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ), and there is every likelihood that in the former passage ‘Medan’ is a doublet of ‘Midian,’ the next word in the verse. [[Medan]] is unknown elsewhere in the Bible, nor is it represented by the name of any people in any extra-Biblical document. To connect it with the name of an [[Arabian]] god <em> Madân </em> , or with the similar name of a wady in N.W. Arabia, is very hazardous, both because the associations are remote, and because the word-form is common in Semitic, and is liable to occur in various relations. </p> <p> J. F. M‘Curdy. </p> | ||
== Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary <ref name="term_48266" /> == | == Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary <ref name="term_48266" /> == | ||
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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_73981" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_73981" /> == | ||
<p> '''Me'dan.''' ''( | <p> '''Me'dan.''' ''(Contention).'' A son of Abraham and Keturah. Genesis 23:5; 1 Chronicles 1:42. </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_67438" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_67438" /> == | ||
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== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16696" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16696" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> A son of Abraham and Keturah, Genesis 25:2 . He is supposed to have settled in Arabia, near Midian his brother. </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_42401" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_42401" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_50577" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_50577" /> == | ||
<p> (Hebrews Medan', מְדָן | <p> (Hebrews Medan', '''''מְדָן''''' , [[Contention]] , as in Proverbs 6:14; Proverbs 6:19; Sept. '''''Μαδάν''''' v. r. in Chron. '''''Μαδιάμ''''' ; Vulg. ''Madan'' ), the third son of Abraham by Keturah ( Genesis 25:2). BC. post 2024. He and his brother Midian are believed to have peopled the country of Midian, east of the [[Dead]] Sea. "It has been supposed, from the similarity of the name, that the tribe descended from Medan was more closely allied to [[Midian]] than by mere blood-relation, and that it was the same as, or a portion of the latter. There is, however, no ground for this theory beyond its plausibility. The traditional city Medyen of the [[Arab]] geographers (the classical Modiana), situate in [[Arabia]] on the eastern shore of the [[Gulf]] of Eyleh, must be held to have been Midianitish, not Medanitish (but Bunsen, Bibelwerk, suggests the latter identification). It has been elsewhere remarked, (See Keturah), that many of the Keturahite tribes seem to have merged in early times into the Ishmaelite tribes. The mention of '''''‘''''' Ishmaelite' as a convertible term with '''''‘''''' Midianite,' in Genesis 37:28; Genesis 37:36, is. remarkable; but the [[Midianite]] of the AV. in Genesis 37:28 is Medanite in the [[Hebrew]] (by the Sept. rendered '''''Μαδιηναῖοι''''' , and in the Vulg. ''Isimaelitae'' and: ''Madianitae'' ), and we may have here a trace of the subject of this article, though Midianite appears on the whole to be more likely the correct reading in the passages referred to. (See Midian). . </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6133" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6133" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 13:36, 13 October 2021
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
MEDAN. One of the sons of Abraham and Keturah ( Genesis 25:2 = 1 Chronicles 1:32 ). The existence of such a tribe, however, is very doubtful. In Genesis 37:36 ‘Medanites’ is miswritten for Midianites (see RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ), and there is every likelihood that in the former passage ‘Medan’ is a doublet of ‘Midian,’ the next word in the verse. Medan is unknown elsewhere in the Bible, nor is it represented by the name of any people in any extra-Biblical document. To connect it with the name of an Arabian god Madân , or with the similar name of a wady in N.W. Arabia, is very hazardous, both because the associations are remote, and because the word-form is common in Semitic, and is liable to occur in various relations.
J. F. M‘Curdy.
Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary [2]
The third son of Abraham by Keturah, Genesis 25:2. There is a place also called by this name and some have thought, that it is the same as is called in our Lord's time Magdala. Some suppose that the name means judgment; and others render it, the waters of Dan
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [3]
("strife".) Genesis 25:2. Son of Abraham and Keturah. Identified with Midian in Genesis 37:28; Genesis 37:36. The Keturahites early merged into the Ishmaelite tribes.
Smith's Bible Dictionary [4]
Me'dan. (Contention). A son of Abraham and Keturah. Genesis 23:5; 1 Chronicles 1:42.
Morrish Bible Dictionary [5]
Son of Abraham and Keturah. Genesis 25:2; 1 Chronicles 1:32 . His descendants have not been traced.
American Tract Society Bible Dictionary [6]
A son of Abraham and Keturah, Genesis 25:2 . He is supposed to have settled in Arabia, near Midian his brother.
Holman Bible Dictionary [7]
Genesis 25:2 1 Chronicles 1:32
Easton's Bible Dictionary [8]
Genesis 25:2
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [9]
(Hebrews Medan', מְדָן , Contention , as in Proverbs 6:14; Proverbs 6:19; Sept. Μαδάν v. r. in Chron. Μαδιάμ ; Vulg. Madan ), the third son of Abraham by Keturah ( Genesis 25:2). BC. post 2024. He and his brother Midian are believed to have peopled the country of Midian, east of the Dead Sea. "It has been supposed, from the similarity of the name, that the tribe descended from Medan was more closely allied to Midian than by mere blood-relation, and that it was the same as, or a portion of the latter. There is, however, no ground for this theory beyond its plausibility. The traditional city Medyen of the Arab geographers (the classical Modiana), situate in Arabia on the eastern shore of the Gulf of Eyleh, must be held to have been Midianitish, not Medanitish (but Bunsen, Bibelwerk, suggests the latter identification). It has been elsewhere remarked, (See Keturah), that many of the Keturahite tribes seem to have merged in early times into the Ishmaelite tribes. The mention of ‘ Ishmaelite' as a convertible term with ‘ Midianite,' in Genesis 37:28; Genesis 37:36, is. remarkable; but the Midianite of the AV. in Genesis 37:28 is Medanite in the Hebrew (by the Sept. rendered Μαδιηναῖοι , and in the Vulg. Isimaelitae and: Madianitae ), and we may have here a trace of the subject of this article, though Midianite appears on the whole to be more likely the correct reading in the passages referred to. (See Midian). .
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [10]
mē´dan ( מדן , medhān , "strife"): One of the sons of Abraham by Keturah ( Genesis 25:2; 1 Chronicles 1:32 ). 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 of the sons of Abraham and Keturah Midian is mentioned alongside of Medan.
Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature [11]
Me´dan or Madan, son of Abraham, by Keturah . He and his brother Midian are supposed to have peopled the country of Midian, east of the Dead Sea.
References
- ↑ Medan from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Medan from Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary
- ↑ Medan from Fausset's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Medan from Smith's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Medan from Morrish Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Medan from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Medan from Holman Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Medan from Easton's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Medan from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
- ↑ Medan from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- ↑ Medan from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature
