HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4081
מִדִּין
mid.din — Middin
§ Middin = "measures" one of the 6 cities of Judah located in the wilderness
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Middin
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Measures, one of the six cities “in the wilderness,” on the west of the Dead Sea, mentioned along with En-gedi (Josh. 15:61).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.