מִדִּין
Middin
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Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
Every verse where H4081 appears — 1 distinct verse across 1 book. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Joshua 1 verse
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The Hebrew name מדין centers on the idea of “Middin.” It occurs a mere 1 verse across Scripture. Joshua dominates its distribution — 1 of 1 verses. Found nowhere else but Joshua 15:61. For the data behind this summary, explore 1-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
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About this word
Strong's H4081 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 1
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 1 distinct verse.
- 1 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 1 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #6,101
- by frequency
- Rank #6,101 (rank 6,101 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
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Most concentrated in
- Joshua 1 verse 100%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 1 distinct verse.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 1 verse · 100%
How translations render this word
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BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Middin 1×
- American Standard Version†: Middin 1×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Middin 1×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Middin 1×
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Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 0 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
מדין I loc. city of Judah Jos 15
מדין II loc. in wilderness of Judah Jos 15
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. n.pr.loc. city of Judah Jos 15:61, site unknown, A Μαθων; 𝔊L Μαδδειν.
II. n.pr.loc. in wilderness of Judah Jos 15:61.
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from מדין (Midyân) (H4080) — Midian.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
*דֵּין
- (v. דְּוַי)
- 1. faintness, trouble, sickness. Y. Ber. IX, 13ᵃ bot. ד׳ ליה וכ׳ he was in trouble; (so) we let him pass.
- 2. interj. expressive of love-longing (cmp. אוֹי &c.) Oh! Ah! Cant. R. to II, 9 (play on דודי) את אומר לנו ד׳ ד׳ וכ׳ thou (O Lord) sayest to us, Oh! Oh! [strike out the gloss פי׳ דיאו דיאו]. Thou art sighing for us first (instead of our aspiring for thee)! Ib. (twice more; correct slight inaccuracies). Pesik. R. s. 15 [read:] את אתת לגבן קדמאה, דיאו את לגבן, את אמרת לנו דיו; Num. R. s. 11 [read:] את אמרת לנו דיו את אתת וכ׳.
דֵּין
- , v. דֵּן
דִּין I
- v. Ges. H. Dict. s. v.) [to rule,]
- 1. to hold court, pass sentence, punish. Snh. II, 2 המלך לא דָן ולא דָנִין וכ׳ the king must not act as judge, nor be summoned before court. B. Kam. 82ᵃ ודנין בשני וב׳ court is held on Mondays and Thursdays. Snh. VII, 5 דנין את העדים וכ׳ witnesses are examined &c., v. כִּינּוּי. Ib. 5ᵃ ידין ידין dare he hold court? He dare; a. fr.
- 2. to argue, conclude. Pes. 27ᵇ דָּנוּ דִין אחר they argued differently. Maas. Sh. II, 9; Eduy. I, 10 הַדָּנִין לפני חכמים those who argued before the scholars; Snh. 17ᵇ by ‘those who argued &c.’ are meant R. Shimeon &c. Ab. Zar. III, 5 (45ᵃ) אני אובין ואָדוּן (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 8), v. בִּין. R. Hash. 7ᵃ דנין שנה … משנה וכ׳ we compare the word shanah (year), used in connection with months, with shanah used &c. (Num. XXVIII, 14 with Ex. XII, 2); a. fr. e.g. Numbers 28:14
- 3. to judge, form an opinion of. Ab. I, 6, v. זְכוּת; a. fr.
- נָדוֹן) to be judged, be called to account, summoned, punished, sentenced. R. Hash. I, 2 העולם נ׳ sentence is passed upon the world (prosperity or failure decreed). Ib. 16ᵃ נִידֹּונֶת לשעבר sentence has been passed upon it in the previous year (on the Passover, before the seed was sown), נ׳ להבא on the Passover of this same year (after the seed has been planted). Ib. אדם נ׳ בכל יום judgment is passed on man every day. Ib. 12ᵃ ברותחין נִידּוֹנוּ they were punished with (found their death in) hot water. Ab. III, 15 בטוב העולם נ׳ the world is ruled with divine mercy. Ḥull. 45ᵃ נ׳ כמוח is subject to the same law as the brain. B. Kam. II, 5 להיות כנ׳, v. דַּי; a. fr.
- to argue, discuss, dispute. Koh. R. to II, 8 היתה מְדַיֶּינֶת וכ׳ she argued (contended) with him. Ib. שמְדַיְּינִין בהלכה who argue legal questions.—Gen. R. s. 3 היו מדיינין זה עם זה contended with one another; a. fr.
דִּין
- Targ. I Kings XX, 40; a. e.—Part. דָּאֵין, דָּיֵין, דָּיֵן. Targ. Is. XVI, 5. Targ. O. Ex. XVIII, 16 דָּאֵינָא ed. Berl. (Var. דָּאִיְנָא, דָּאִינְנָא, v. Berl. Targ. O. II, p. 25; Y. דָּיֵינָא).—Ib. מִידַן, מֵידוּן. Targ. O. ib. 13 לְמִידַן (ed. Berl. לִמְדַּן, Y. למֵידוּן); a. e.—Y. Snh. I, 18ᵃ bot. יתיב דָּיֵין וכ׳ sat holding court single-handed. Ib. הוו דָּיְינִין קומי וכ׳ had a law-suit before &c. Keth. 27ᵇ דָּאִינְנָא I decide (v. supra). B. Bath. 29ᵃ, v. דַּיָּינָא; a. fr. [Sabb. 67ᵇ, v. דני.]—דּוּן מִינָּהּ ומינה judge from it and (all) from it, i.e. an analogy (v. גְּזֵירָה) must be carried through all points so that the case deduced agrees throughout with the case from which the deduction has started, opp. דון מינה ואוקי באתרה judge from it and place the deduction back on its own basis, i.e. let the deduction won by analogy be regulated by the rules of the original case, e.g. Shebu. 31ᵃ an analogy between testimony and trust with reference to false oaths (Lev. V, 1 sq., a. 21 sq.). Yeb. 78ᵇ; B. Kam. 25ᵇ; a. fr. e.g. Leviticus 5:1
- 1. to dispute, quarrel. Targ. Y. Ex. XV, 12; a. e.
- 2. to decide. Shebu. 32ᵇ היכי לִדַיְּינֵי דַיָּינֵי וכ׳ how shall the judges decide this case?; ib. 47ᵃ לִידַיְּינוּ; a. e.
- , אִי׳ to be judged, decreed upon, punished. Targ. Y. Ex. XVIII, 11. Targ. Is. LIX, 4; a. fr.—R. Hash. 16ᵃ אימת אִיתְּדוּן when were these sentences passed?—Ib. חד דינא מִתְדָּנָא sentence is passed upon it (the grain) once only; תרי דיני מתדנא sentence is … twice.
- 1. same. Targ. Ps. XXXVII, 33; a. e.—2) same.
- to argue, dispute, have a law-suit with. Targ. II Chr. XXII, 8; a. e.—Y. Snh. III, end, 21ᵈ [read:] והוון מידַּיְּינִין וכ and contested before &c.; a. e.
דִּין II
- preced.)
- 1. law-suit, claim; judgment, justice, law. Yeb. 92ᵃ; Snh. 6ᵇ יקוב הד׳ את ההר let the law cut through the mountain (justice under all circumstances). Ib. 2ᵇ אין דִּינֵיהֶם ד׳ their decision is not binding. Keth. IX, 2 אין מרחמין בד׳ compassion must have no influence on the decision of the law. Ib. IX, 1 ד׳ ודברים אין לי וכ׳ I have no claim whatever &c. Snh. l. c. שנים שבאו לד׳ two persons who come before court. Ib. VI, 1, v. גָּמַר.—B. Mets. 30ᵇ, a. fr. ד׳ תורה strict law, opp. לפנים משורת הד׳ inside the line of the law, equity.—Sabb. 33ᵃ עינוי הד׳ vexations of the law, unnecessary delay of sentence, עיוות הד׳ perversion of the law, partiality and sophistry; קילקול הד׳ disregard of the law, wrong sentence through carelessness.—Ab. Zar. 18ᵃ, a. fr. יום הד׳ the day of judgment (in the world to come). Ib., a. fr. הצדיק את הד׳ to declare God’s judgment right, to submit to God’s decree with resignation, צידוק הד׳ resignation.—Ab. IV, 22, a. fr. נתן ד׳ to give an account, to be made responsible.—Gen. R. s. 28 נטלו דִינָם suffered punishment Gen. R. s. 22 לתבוע דִּינוֹ של וכ׳ (Ar. דקיון) to make responsible for &c., cmp. דִּיקְיוֹן; a. fr.—Ib. s. 12 end, a. fr. מידת הד׳ the attribute of justice, Divine Justice, opp. מידת הרחמים Divine Mercy; v. מִדָּה.—בֵּית דִּין (abbr. ב"ד) court, v. בַּיִת.—גְּזַר ד׳ decree, v. גָּזָר.—Kidd. 65ᵇ, a. fr. בעל ד׳ litigant, opponent in court.—Snh. 32ᵇ ד׳ מרומה proceedings in court which bear evidences of fraudulent claims or statements.—Ber. 55ᵃ מוסר ד׳ על חבירו וכ׳ one who appeals to the Lord for judgment on his neighbor.
- 2. argument, analogy. Snh. 4ᵇ; Zeb. 38ᵃ מפני הד׳ by analogy from equal expressions, v. גְּזֵרָה. Ib. והלא ד׳ הוא is not this an analogy?—Esp. conclusion from minor to major (קל וְחוֹמֶר). Y. Kidd. I, beg. 58ᵇ; Bab. Kidd. 4ᵇ, a. fr. ד׳ הוא it is a proper conclusion; מה … אינו ד׳ if a Hebrew hand-maid … is acquired by means of money, אינו ד׳ וכ׳ is it not so much the more proper that a wife &c.—Snh. 54ᵃ, a. fr. אין עונשין מן הד׳ the tresspass of a law derived by conclusion ad majus is not punishable.—לבא מן הד׳ וכ׳, v. דַּי.—Snh. 2ᵇ, a. fr. ובד׳ הוא ד־ and by right &c. Ib. הוא הד׳ דאפי׳ the same applies also to &c.—Pl. דִּינִים, דִּינִין, constr. דִּינֵי. Ḥag. I, 8 הד׳ the interpretations of laws, v. ib. 11ᵃ.—Snh. IV, 1, a. fr. דיני ממונות civil cases, ד׳ נפשות capital cases. R. Hash. 21ᵇ ד׳ שבלב שלא וכ׳ sentences from a mere inner conviction, without witnesses &c.; a. fr.
דִּין ²
- 1. law, decision; cause &c. Targ. Is. LVIII, 6, v. מַסְטֵי. Targ. Prov. XX, 8; a. fr.—Gen. R. s. 45 יבעי דִּינִי גבך may my cause be required at thy hands, i.e. you wronged me, cmp. דִּיקְיוֹן.—Snh. 8ᵃ יומא דד׳ court day. B. Kam. 39ᵃ; B. Mets. 117ᵇ נחית לעומקיה דד׳ he enters into the depth of the case before him. B. Bath. 173ᵇ ד׳ דפרסאי Persian law (arbitrary). B. Kam. 113ᵃ, a. fr. ד׳ דמלכותא ד׳ the law of the (secular) government is law (must supersede the Jewish law in civil affairs). B. Mets. 83ᵃ ד׳ הכי is this the law? Ber. 5ᵇ דעביד ד׳ בלא ד׳ that He will pass sentence without justice (punish without cause). Nidd. 69ᵃ, v. גַּלְחִי. Gitt. 56ᵇ bot. ד׳ דההוא גברא במאי what is this man’s (thy) punishment (in the nether world)? Lev. R. s. 27 אילו הוה הדין ד׳ וכ׳ if such a case would come up in your country. Ib. דִּינְכוֹן אתיתי למחמי (Tanḥ. Emor 6 דיציבון, read: דִּינֵיכוֹן pl.) I came to see your administration of the law; a. fr.
- 2. contest, quarrel. Targ. Prov. XVII, 1; a. fr.—Pl. דִּינִין. Targ. Y. Gen. XIII, 7 [read:] והוו דינין. Targ. Y. Ex. I, 10 בהלין ד׳ by what laws; a. fr.—[Y. Keth. IX, 33ᵇ bot. דין מוגמרין, v. דִּיאֲטַגְמָא.]
דַּיָּן
- , v. דַּיָּין
מַדֵּין
- , v. מַדֵּן
מָדִין
- , v. דֵּן
מִדְיָן I
- (b. h.) Midian, a nomadic tribe. Targ. Ex. II, 16; a. fr.—Num. R. s. 20, v. חָבַר; Snh. 105ᵃ; a. fr.—Denom. מִדְיָנִי, pl. מִדְיָנִים. Num. R. l. c.; Tanḥ. Balak 3; a. fr.
מִדְיָן II
- strife.—Pl. מִדְיָנִים, מִדְיָנִין. Hor. 10ᵇ שהטיל מ׳ בין וכ׳ he (Lot) cast strife between Israel and Ammon; Naz. 23ᵇ (corr. acc.).
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
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Bible dictionary
Public-domain dictionary articles matched to this entry by name (Middin). A biblical name can be shared by more than one person or place, so an article may treat several.
Easton's Bible Dictionary · M. G. Easton, 1897
Measures, one of the six cities "in the wilderness," on the west of the Dead Sea, mentioned along with En-gedi (Josh. 15:61).
Smith's Bible Dictionary · William Smith, 1863
(measures), a city of Judah, (Joshua 15:61) one of the six specified as situated in the district of "the midbar" (Authorized Version "wilderness").
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1869
judgment; striving
Classic public-domain reference works; full attribution on Sources.
Septuagint verse parallels
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