Madian
Americannoun
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“Many foreign and Arab companies visited the Syrian Investment Authority,” said Madian Diab, its director.
From Reuters • Jul. 13, 2023
And unto Madian we sent their brother Shoaib: he said, O people, worship GOD: ye have no GOD but him: and diminish not measure and weight.
From The Koran (Al-Qur'an) by Sale, George
The Midian of Exodus ii. tells us most: it is probably Madian on the Arabic shore of the Ked sea.
From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius
Madian belongs to Egypt; the Hejaz, Yemen, Bahr-el-Hasa, Kove�t, &c., were more or less under the suzerainty of Turkey until 1914.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various
Then fled Moses at that word, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, Where he begat two sons.
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