Midianite

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Northwest Arabian people ancient people ethnic group

A Midianite was a member of an ancient Northwest Arabian people mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, traditionally associated with the region east of the Gulf of Aqaba and known for their interactions with the Israelites.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Midianites	6
People of Midian	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Northwest Arabian people ⓘ ancient people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
archaeologicalStatus	identification debated among scholars ⓘ
associatedWithDeity	Yahweh (in some biblical traditions) NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithFigure	Balaam NERFINISHED ⓘ Gideon NERFINISHED ⓘ Jethro NERFINISHED ⓘ Zipporah NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithRegion	Midian NERFINISHED ⓘ east of the Gulf of Aqaba ⓘ eastern shore of the Gulf of Aqaba ⓘ northwestern Arabia ⓘ
biblicalEvent	Gideon’s campaigns against Midianites NERFINISHED ⓘ seduction of Israelites at Peor ⓘ
biblicalRole	sometimes allies of Israel ⓘ sometimes enemies of Israel ⓘ
culturalSphere	Levantine cultural sphere ⓘ Northwest Arabian culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedIn	Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnonymFor	Midianites NERFINISHED ⓘ
genealogicalTradition	descendant of Midian son of Abraham (biblical tradition) ⓘ
hasDemonymForm	Midianite (English singular) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEthnoreligiousRole	interacting people with Israelites ⓘ neighbor of ancient Israel ⓘ
hasLanguageForm	מִדְיָנִי (Hebrew: Midyani) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableInteraction	Israelites NERFINISHED ⓘ Moses NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient Hebrews NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPluralForm	Midianites (English plural) NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	alliances with Moabites in the Bible ⓘ conflict with Israelites ⓘ trade and caravan activities ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn	Book of Exodus NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of Genesis ⓘ Book of Judges NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of Numbers NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedGroup	Amalekites NERFINISHED ⓘ Ishmaelites NERFINISHED ⓘ Moabites NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	polytheistic (as depicted in parts of the Bible) ⓘ
religiousTextContext	Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ
sourceType	primarily known from biblical texts ⓘ
timePeriod	Late Bronze Age NERFINISHED ⓘ early Iron Age ⓘ