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PRONUNCIATION OF MIDIANITE

Midianite  [ˈmɪdɪənˌaɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MIDIANITE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Midianite is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MIDIANITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Midian

Midian, Madyan, or Madiam is a geographical place and a people mentioned in the Bible and in the Qur'an. William G. Dever suggests it was located in the "northwest Arabian Peninsula, on the east shore of the Gulf of Aqaba on the Red Sea. " Hadad the Edomite is specifically stated in 1 Kg 11:17-18 to have passed through Midian and Paran while fleeing from Edom to Egypt. Even so, some scholars have claimed Midian was not a geographical area but a league of tribes.

Definition of Midianite in the English dictionary

The definition of Midianite in the dictionary is a member of a nomadic nation claiming descent from Abraham.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MIDIANITE


baddeleyite
ˈbædlɪˌaɪt
crocoite
ˈkrəʊkəʊˌaɪt
dichroite
ˈdaɪkrəʊˌaɪt
epsomite
ˈɛpsəmˌaɪt
galleryite
ˈɡælərɪˌaɪt
gunite
ˈɡʌnˌaɪt
Karaite
ˈkɛərəˌaɪt
Leavisite
ˈliːvɪsˌaɪt
Leninite
ˈlenɪnˌaɪt
Michiganite
ˈmɪʃɪɡənˌaɪt
Puseyite
ˈpjuːzɪˌaɪt
ruralite
ˈrʊərəlˌaɪt
tephroite
ˈtefrəʊˌaɪt
tholeiite
ˈθəʊlɪˌaɪt
tinguaite
ˈtɪŋɡwəˌaɪt
uintaite
jʊˈɪntəˌaɪt
Wisconsinite
wɪsˈkɒnsɪnˌaɪt
Wyomingite
waɪˈəʊmɪŋˌaɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MIDIANITE

Midgard
Midgarth
midge
midget
midgie
midgut
midgy
Midheaven
midi
midi system
Midian
Midianitish
midinette
midiron
midiskirt
midland
Midlander
Midlands

WORDS THAT END LIKE MIDIANITE

allanite
basanite
Canaanite
colemanite
cyanite
granite
infinite
kyanite
luxulianite
manganite
melanite
morganite
sillimanite
suburbanite
tanzanite
titanite
torbanite
urbanite
vesuvianite
vivianite
vulcanite

Synonyms and antonyms of Midianite in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Midianite» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MIDIANITE

Find out the translation of Midianite to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Midianite from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Midianite» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

米甸
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

madianita
570 millions of speakers

English

Midianite
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मिद्यानी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المديانيين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Мадианитянину
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Midianite
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মিদিয়নীয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

madianite
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Midianite
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

midianitischen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ミディアン人
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

미디안
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wong Midian
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Midianite
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மீதியானிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मिडियनट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Midyanlı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Midianite
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Madianity
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мідіянітянина
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

madianit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Μαδιανίτη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Midianitiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

midjanitiska
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

midjanittiske
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Midianite

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MIDIANITE»

The term «Midianite» is normally little used and occupies the 135.582 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MIDIANITE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Midianite

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MIDIANITE»

Discover the use of Midianite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Midianite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Reluctant Jihadist: Smoke from the Machine
For reasons Ican't understand, God and Moses hold the entire Midianite nation responsible for this mess, and they wantpayback. Ifyou ask me— and Moses didn 't -- the Bible is willfully ignoring the obvious point. It was the Moabite women, not  ...
Umar A. Hassan, 2006
2
Stutter
Midianite. The flight to Midian marks the beginning of Moses' second geo- linguistic period. In his essay “Israel in the Desert” (1819), Goethe says that when we meet Moses in exile in Midian, he is “barely able to communicate.”43 Presumably ...
Marc Shell, 2009
3
Midian, Moab and Edom: The History and Archaeology of Late ...
Specialists from different fields converge on one relatively circumscribed and, until recently, largely neglected area of biblical archaeology.
John F. A. Sawyer, David J. A. Clines, 1983
4
A Biblical Itinerary: In Search of Method, Form and Content. ...
The single usage in the Midianite materials gives seven explicit usages of D527 in chs. 2-4, 18, as is the similar case with '731 in 2.19; 3.8; 18.1-12. Even though the reference in ch. 2 is not in the materials dealing with events in the land of ...
Eugene E. Carpenter, 1997
5
The Gold-Mines of Midian and the Ruined Midianite Cities: A ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
‎2012
6
The Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible, Volume 4: Revised ...
One of these Midianite women, ZIPPORAH, became his wife. It was while Moses was watching Jethro's flocks that he came to Horeb, the mountain of God (3:1; see SINAI, MOUNT). Mention of Midian does not occur again until the wilderness  ...
Merrill C. Tenney, 2010
7
The Moses Tradition
3.1, opens the door for attaching the vocation tradition to a Midianite context. It seems to me to be clear, moreover, that the principal point of contact at this stage is not with Midian, a geographical one, but with the Midianite priest fatherin-law, ...
George W. Coats, 1993
8
The Curse of Ham: Race and Slavery in Early Judaism, ...
(Num 12:1–3; NRSV) In our earlier examination of this text, we saw that it is most likely that Moses' Kushite wife was Zipporah the Midianite, whom Moses had married as reported previously in the biblical narrative. Kush was the ancient name ...
David M. Goldenberg, 2009
9
Araby the Blest: Studies in Arabian Archaeology
No Mycenaean pottery has yet been found in Arabia and the suggested stylistic parallels between Mycenaean and Midianite wares cannot withstand close scrutiny'.(4) In a paper delivered at the First International Conference on the History ...
Daniel T. Potts, Carsten Niebuhr Institut, 1988
10
Find Faith: NIV VerseLight Bible: Quickly Find Verses about ...
14The name of the Israelite who was killed with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family. 15And the name of the Midianite woman who was put to death was Kozbi daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite ...
Christopher D. Hudson, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MIDIANITE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Midianite is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Quiet Revolution That Just Happened in the Jewish World
Thus Joseph married the daughter of an Egyptian priest and Moses' wife was the daughter of a Midianite priest, but their children were still ... «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
2
Matot: Two Paths to Purity
The Midianite vessels had become defiled in battle, through contact with death. They needed to be purified, by sprinkling over them water ... «Arutz Sheva, Jul 15»
3
The weight of words
This week we read about the Israelites' war against the Midianites and learn that in addition to the five Midianite kings, they also put Balaam, ... «New Jersey Jewish News, Jul 15»
4
“A Grotesque Existence” Parashat Mattot-Masa'ei 5775
Jewish solders burn the Midianite cities to the ground. When the soldiers return to camp, Moshe chastises them, not because they killed the ... «The Times of Israel, Jul 15»
5
148/929 My Night-time Struggle with Chapter 31
He distances this war from himself, a Midianite expatriate, as well as from Yehoshua, the future leader of Israel. There is something in him that ... «The Times of Israel, Jul 15»
6
“Good vs. Evil”
... of fame at the conclusion of last week's Torah portion when an Israelite man brought a Midianite woman into the presence of the Israelites. «Chron.com, Jul 15»
7
Seizing Destiny
Then an Israelite man came and brought the Midianite woman to his brethren, before the eyes of Moses and before the eyes of the entire ... «Arutz Sheva, Jul 15»
8
Is the messianic present in all of us?
As Pinchas arrives on the scene, he discovers that a large number of Midianite women are in the process of trying to undermine the Israelite ... «Cleveland Jewish News, Jul 15»
9
“The Desert Inn” Parashat Pinchas 5775
Another 24,000 are killed in the plague that occurs at the end of Parashat Balak after Am Yisrael are seduced by the Midianite women. And yet ... «The Times of Israel, Jul 15»
10
Pinchas Slays Zimri
... of the daughters of Moab, and Zimri, prince of the tribe of Shimon, brazenly cohabited with a Midianite princess before Moses and the congregation of Israel. «Chabad.org, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Midianite [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/midianite>. May 2024 ».
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