BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H28
a.vi.da — Abida
A man of the Midianites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.4; son of: Midian (H4080); brother of: Ephah (H5891), Epher (H6081), Hanoch (H2585I) and Eldaah (H0420) § Abida or Abidah = "my father knows" fourth son of Midian and grandson of Abraham by his wife Keturah (after Sarah died)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4080
mid.yan — Midian
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), Medan (H4091), Ishbak (H3435) and Shuah (H7744); father of: Ephah (H5891), Epher (H6081), Hanoch (H2585I), Abida (H0028) and Eldaah (H0420) § Midian or Midianite = "strife" 1) son of Abraham by Keturah and progenitor of the tribe of Midianites or Arabians 2) the tribe descended from Midian 3) the territory of the tribe descended from Midian; located principally in the desert north of the Arabian peninsula; land to which Moses went when he fled from Pharaoh
55 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1441
gid.o.ni — Gideoni
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.1.11; father of: Abidan (H0027) § Gideoni = "my hewer" a Benjamite, father of Abidan
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H27
a.vi.dan — Abidan
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.1.11; son of: Gideoni (H1441) § Abidan = "my father is judge" a prince (ruler) of Benjamin
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5891
e.phah — Ephah
A man of the Midianites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.4; son of: Midian (H4080); brother of: Epher (H6081), Hanoch (H2585I), Abida (H0028) and Eldaah (H0420) § Ephah = "gloomy" 1) a son of Midian 2) a Judaite, son of Jahdai 3) a concubine of Caleb in the line of Judah
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6081
e.pher — Epher
A man of the Midianites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.4; son of: Midian (H4080); brother of: Ephah (H5891), Hanoch (H2585I), Abida (H0028) and Eldaah (H0420) § Epher = "a calf" 1) the 2nd son of Midian 2) a son of Ezra, among the descendants of Judah 3) one of the heads of the families of Manasseh on the east of the Jordan
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H420
el.da.ah — Eldaah
A man of the Midianites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.4; son of: Midian (H4080); brother of: Ephah (H5891), Epher (H6081), Hanoch (H2585I) and Abida (H0028) § Eldaah = "God has known" a son or descendant of Midian
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Or Abi’dah, father of knowledge; knowing, one of the five sons of Midian, who was the son of Abraham by Keturah (1 Chr. 1:33), and apparently the chief of an Arab tribe.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
