Midianitish
- a word derived from Midian.
Example Sentences
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Here he founds a family by taking a Midianitish woman, a daughter of the desert, to wife.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max
While the brethren of Joseph were deliberating upon his fate, seven Midianitish merchantmen passed near the pit in which he lay.
From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 2 by Szold, Henrietta
When Jethro, the Midianitish priest and grazier, hired an Hebrew outlaw as his herdsman, he doubtless thought little of the circumstance; but Moses still lives, and busies himself in the daily business of all nations.
From Playing With Fire by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
His brethren agreed to his words, and drew him out of the cistern, and sold him to the Midianitish merchants passing forth by to Ishmaelites for thirty pieces of silver, which led him into Egypt.
From Bible Stories and Religious Classics by Wells, Philip P.
Other commentators say that Zimri was notorious at the licentious feasts of Baal-poer and that the Midianitish women tempted the sons of Israel to idolatry.
From The Woman's Bible by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
