Midian

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biblical figure human patriarchal ancestor

Midian is a biblical figure regarded as one of Abraham’s sons and traditionally seen as the ancestor of the Midianite people.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biblical figure ⓘ human ⓘ patriarchal ancestor ⓘ
appearsInContextOf	post-Sarah descendants of Abraham ⓘ
associatedWithRegion	Midian self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: land of Midian north of the Arabian Peninsula ⓘ northwestern Arabia ⓘ
childOf	Abraham ⓘ Keturah ⓘ
describedIn	Genesis 25 ⓘ
ethnicAncestorOf	Midian self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Midianites
genealogicalLine	Keturah ⓘ surface form: Abraham–Keturah–Midian
hasCulturalRole	eponymous ancestor of Midianite tribes ⓘ
hasDescendantPeople	Midian self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Midianite people
hasNameEtymology	Midian self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hebrew: מִדְיָן (Midyan)
languageOfName	Hebrew ⓘ
mentionedIn	Book of Genesis ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Bible ⓘ surface form: Old Testament
relatedBiblicalGroup	Abrahamic lineages ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
roleInTradition	ancestor of a tribal people ⓘ
siblingOf	Ishbak ⓘ Jokshan ⓘ Medan ⓘ Shuah ⓘ Zimran ⓘ
traditionallyViewedAs	founder of Midianite nation ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jethro → associatedPlace → Midian ⓘ

this entity surface form: land of Midian

Zipporah → associatedPlace → Midian ⓘ

Ishmaelites → associatedWith → Midian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Midianites

Moses → associatedWithPlace → Midian ⓘ

Midian → associatedWithRegion → Midian self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: land of Midian

Abraham → child → Midian ⓘ

Midian → ethnicAncestorOf → Midian self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Midianites

Jethro → ethnicity → Midian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Midianite

Zipporah → ethnicity → Midian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Midianite

Judges → featuresEnemyGroup → Midian ⓘ

subject surface form: Book of Judges

this entity surface form: Midianites

Midian → hasDescendantPeople → Midian self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Midianite people

Midian → hasNameEtymology → Midian self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew: מִדְיָן (Midyan)

Zimran → hasSibling → Midian ⓘ

Surah Al-A'raf → mentions → Midian ⓘ

this entity surface form: people of Midian

Surah Ash-Shu'ara → mentionsCommunity → Midian ⓘ

this entity surface form: people of Madyan

Surah Al-Qasas → mentionsPlace → Midian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madyan

Keturah → motherOf → Midian ⓘ

Shuah → sibling → Midian ⓘ

Ishbak → siblingOf → Midian ⓘ

Medan → siblingOf → Midian ⓘ

Ishmaelites → sometimesEquatedWith → Midian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Midianites

Keturah → traditionallyAncestorOf → Midian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Midianites