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Madian

American  
[mey-dee-uhn] / ˈmeɪ di ən /

noun

Douay Bible.
  1. Midian.


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“Many foreign and Arab companies visited the Syrian Investment Authority,” said Madian Diab, its director.

From Reuters • Jul. 13, 2023

The Midian of Exodus ii. tells us most: it is probably Madian on the Arabic shore of the Ked sea.

From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius

Then fled Moses at that word, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, Where he begat two sons.

From The first New Testament printed in English by

And unto Madian we sent their brother Shoaib: he said, O people, worship GOD: ye have no GOD but him: and diminish not measure and weight.

From The Koran (Al-Qur'an) by Sale, George

Sephora the wife of Moses was of Madian, which bordered upon the land of Chus or Ethiopia: where note, that the Ethiopia here spoken of is not that of Africa but that of Arabia.

From The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 04: Numbers The Challoner Revision by