Midian
noun
(in the Bible) a son of Abraham and Keturah.
Midianitish
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a word derived from
Midian.
Example Sentences
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Still less likely is it that there were Midianitish merchants in those days; for Midian was also one of the sons of Abraham, and fifty-four years younger than Isaac; see chap, xxv., y.
From The Bible: what it is by Charles Bradlaugh
At the same time, Midianitish supremacy did not mean the destruction of the Moabite kingdom.
From Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
He remembered with what difficulty he had believed the angel and the promise, the sickly faintness which had overcome him on that night before the Midianitish overthrow.
From Miriam's Schooling and Other Papers by Mark Rutherford
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 Henrietta Szold
But it’s a fack, mum; and you must send him away, or he’ll be taking a wife from among the Midianitish women.
From The Parson O' Dumford by George Manville Fenn
