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Strong's G3099 Μαδιάν (madian)

Madian - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3099 — yoachaz (“Jehoahaz”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3099
Language Greek
Linked Usages 58
Books 12

Strong's G3099 Quick Answer

Strong's G3099 Μαδιάν (Madian) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. Madian (mad-ee-an') n/l. 1. Madian (i.e. Midian), a region of Arabia [of Hebrew origin (H4080)] It has 58 linked Bible usages across 12 books. Visible English usage signals include madian. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
Madian (mad-ee-an') n/l. 1. Madian (i.e. Midian), a region of Arabia [of Hebrew origin (H4080)]
Usage
58 linked usages
Books
12 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
madian

Meaning and Definition

Madian (mad-ee-an') n/l. 1. Madian (i.e. Midian), a region of Arabia [of Hebrew origin (H4080)] KJV: Madian Root(s): H4080

Original Word
Μαδιάν
Transliteration
Madian
Derivation
Root: מִדיָן R1: 4080
Morphology
Name Location

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3099. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

Midian

Usage: Μαδιάμ, ὁ indecl. (Heb. מִדְיָן), Midian; __1. son of Abraham (Gen.25:2). __2. An Arabian tribe (Gen.36:35, Psa.83:9, al). __3. γῆ Μ. (Heb. מִדְיָן אֶרֶץ), the land of Midian (Exo.2:15, al.): Act.7:29.† (AS)

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How Strong's G3099 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Madian, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

Madian Acts 7:29

How Strong's G3099 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 56 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3099 (Μαδιάν) appears 62 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3099 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3099 in the New Testament

1 indexed usage in New Testament.

Acts 7:29 KJV

Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.

Strong's G3099 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

56 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 25:2 Septuagint / Brenton

And she bore to him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.

Genesis 25:4 Septuagint / Brenton

And the sons of Midian were Ephah and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah; all these were sons of Keturah.

Genesis 36:35 Septuagint / Brenton

And Husham died; and Hadad son of Bedad, who cut off Midian in the plain of Moab, ruled in his stead; and the name of his city was Getthaim.

Strong's G3099 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 2:26 Septuagint / Brenton

He compassed also all the children of Midian, and burned up their tabernacles, and spoiled their sheepcotes.

Usage Excerpts

First 58 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3099.

Genesis 25:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she bore to him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
Genesis 25:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Midian were Ephah and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah; all these were sons of Keturah.
Genesis 36:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Husham died; and Hadad son of Bedad, who cut off Midian in the plain of Moab, ruled in his stead; and the name of his city was Getthaim.
Exodus 2:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Pharaoh heard this matter, and sought to slay Moses; and Moses departed from the presence of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian; and having come into the land of Midian, he sat on the well.
Exodus 2:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest of Midian had seven daughters, feeding the flock of their father Jethro; and they came and drew water until they filled their pitchers, to water the flock of their father Jethro.
Exodus 3:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses was feeding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he brought the sheep nigh to the wilderness, and came to the mount of Horeb.
Exodus 4:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses in Midian, Go, depart into Egypt, for all that sought thy life are dead.
Exodus 18:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jethro the priest of Midian, the father-in-law of Moses, heard of all that the Lord did to his people Israel; for the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt.
Numbers 22:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moab said to the elders of Midian, Now shall this assembly lick up all that are round about us, as a calf would lick up the green herbs of the field—and Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.
Numbers 22:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the elders of Moab went, and the elders of Midian, and their divining instruments were in their hands; and they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balak.
Numbers 25:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the name of the Midianitish woman who was smitten, was Cozbi, daughter of Zur, a prince of the nation of Ommoth: it is a chief house among the people of Midian.
Numbers 25:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
for they are enemies to you by the treachery wherein they ensnare you through Peor, and through Cozbi their sister, daughter of a prince of Midian, who was smitten in the day of the plague because of Peor.
Numbers 31:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm some of you, and set yourselves in array before the Lord against Midian, to inflict vengeance on Midian from the Lord.
Numbers 31:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they set themselves in array against Midian, as the Lord commanded Moses; and they slew every male.
Numbers 31:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they slew the kings of Midian together with their slain subjects; even Evi and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian; and they slew with the sword Balaam the son of Beor with their other slain.
Numbers 31:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they made a prey of the women of Midian, and their store, and their cattle, and all their possessions: and they spoiled their forces.
Joshua 13:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and all the cities of Misor, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, whom Moses smote, even him and the princes of Midian, and Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba prince of the spoils of Sihon, and the inhabitants of Sihon.
Judges 6:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord gave them into the hand of Midian seven years.
Judges 6:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and the children of Israel made for themselves because of Midian the caves in the mountains, and the dens, and the holes in the rocks.
Judges 6:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when the children of Israel sowed, that Midian and Amalek went up, and the children of the east went up together with them.
Judges 6:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Israel was greatly impoverished because of Midian.
Judges 6:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Israel cried to the Lord because of Midian.
Judges 6:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And an angel of the Lord came, and sat down under the fir tree, which was in Ophrah in the land of Joash father of Ezer; and Gideon his son was threshing wheat in a winepress in order to escape from the face of Midian.
Judges 6:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Gideon said to him, Be gracious with me, my Lord: but if the Lord is with us, why have these evils found us? and where are all his miracles, which our fathers have related to us, saying, Did not the Lord bring us up out of Egypt? and now he has cast us out, and given us into the hand of Midian.
Judges 6:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the angel of the Lord turned to him, and said, Go in this thy strength, and thou shalt save Israel out of the hand of Midian: behold, I have sent thee.
Judges 6:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the angel of the Lord said to him, The Lord shall be with thee, and thou shalt smite Midian as one man.
Judges 6:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all Midian, and Amalek, and the sons of the east gathered themselves together, and encamped in the Valley of Jezreel.
Judges 7:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jerubbaal rose early, the same is Gideon, and all the people with him, and encamped at the fountain of Arad; and the camp of Midian was to the north of him, reaching from Gibeath-moreh, in the valley.
Judges 7:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Gideon, The people with thee are many, so that I may not deliver Midian into their hand, lest at any time Israel boast against me, saying, My hand has saved me.
Judges 7:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Gideon, I will save you by the three hundred men that lapped, and I will give Midian into thy hand; and all the rest of the people shall go every one to his place.
Judges 7:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they took the provision of the people in their hand, and their horns; and he sent away every man of Israel each to his tent, and he strengthened the three hundred; and the army of Midian were beneath him in the valley.
Judges 7:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Midian and Amalek and all the children of the east were scattered in the valley, as the locust for multitude; and there was no number to their camels, but they were as the sand on the seashore for multitude.
Judges 7:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Gideon came, and behold a man was relating to his neighbor a dream, and he said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream, and behold, a cake of barley bread rolling into the camp of Midian, and it came as far as a tent, and smote it, and it fell, and it turned it up, and the tent fell.
Judges 7:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And his neighbor answered and said, This is none other than the sword of Gideon, son of Joash, a man of Israel: God has delivered Midian and all the host into his hand.
Judges 7:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when Gideon heard the account of the dream and the interpretation of it, that he worshiped the Lord, and returned to the camp of Israel, and said, Rise, for the Lord has delivered the camp of Midian into our hand.
Judges 7:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the host fled as far as Beth-shittah Zererah Abel-meholah to Tabbath; and the men of Israel from Naphtali, and from Asher, and from all Manasseh, came to help, and followed after Midian.
Judges 7:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Gideon sent messengers into all Mount Ephraim, saying, Come down to meet Midian, and take to yourselves the water as far as Beth-barah and Jordan: and every man of Ephraim cried out, and they took the water beforehand unto Beth-barah and Jordan.
Judges 7:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they took the princes of Midian, even Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb in Sur Oreb, and they slew Zeeb in Jakeph-zeeb; and they pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon from beyond Jordan.
Judges 8:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the men of Ephraim said to Gideon, What is this that thou hast done to us, in that thou didst not call us when thou wentest to fight with Midian? and they chided with him sharply.
Judges 8:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord has delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and what could I do in comparison of you? Then was their spirit calmed toward him, when he spoke this word.
Judges 8:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, bread to feed this people that follow me; because they are faint, and behold, I am following after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
Judges 8:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Zebah and Zalmunna fled; and he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the army.
Judges 8:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the men of Israel said to Gideon, Rule, my lord, over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son; for thou hast saved us out of the hand of Midian.
Judges 8:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the weight of the golden earrings which he asked, was a thousand and seven hundred pieces of gold, besides the crescents, and the chains, and the garments, and the purple cloths that were on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were on the necks of their camels.
Judges 8:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Midian was straitened before the children of Israel, and they did not lift up their head anymore; and the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.
Judges 9:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
as my father fought for you, and put his life in jeopardy, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian;
Judges 10:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and from the Sidonians, and Amalek, and Midian, who afflicted you? and ye cried to me, and I saved you out of their hand?
3 Kingdoms 11:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there rise up men out of the city of Midian, and they come to Paran, and take men with them, and come to Pharaoh king of Egypt: and Hadad went in to Pharaoh, and he gave him a house, and appointed him provision.
1 Chronicles 1:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Keturah Abraham’s concubine—and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, Shuah: and the sons of Jokshan; Dedan, and Sheba;
1 Chronicles 1:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah; all these were the sons of Keturah.
1 Chronicles 1:46 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad reigned in his stead, who smote Midian in the plain of Moab: and the name of his city was Getthaim.
Psalms 82:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Do thou to them as to Midian, and to Sisera; As to Jabin at the brook of Kishon.
Isaiah 9:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Because the yoke that was laid upon them has been taken away, and the rod that was on their neck: for he has broken the rod of the exactors, as in the day of Midian.
Isaiah 10:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God will stir up enemies against them, according to the stroke of Midian in the place of affliction: and his wrath shall be by the way of the sea, even to the way that leads to Egypt.
Isaiah 60:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the camels of Midian and Ephah shall cover thee: all from Sheba shall come bearing gold, and shall bring frankincense, and they shall publish the salvation of the Lord.
Habakkuk 3:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Because of troubles I looked upon the tents of the Ethiopians: The tabernacles also of the land of Midian shall be dismayed.
Acts 7:29 New Testament, KJV
Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
Judith 2:26 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He compassed also all the children of Midian, and burned up their tabernacles, and spoiled their sheepcotes.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3099, grouped by book.

Genesis 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 30 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G3099 FAQ

What does madian (Μαδιάν) mean?

Madian (Strong's G3099) is a Greek word most simply glossed "Madian". Madian (mad-ee-an') n/l. 1. Madian (i.e. Midian), a region of Arabia [of Hebrew origin (H4080)]

How many times is madian (Μαδιάν) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 58 linked usages for Strong's G3099 across 12 books.

Where can I study madian (Μαδιάν) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3099 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate madian (Μαδιάν)?

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Does Strong's G3099 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 56 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3099, with linked reader references where each row is available.