Midianite

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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.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Midianites 12
Midianite canonical 4
People of Midian 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Northwest Arabian people ⓘ
ancient people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
archaeologicalStatus identification debated among scholars ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Yahweh (in some biblical traditions) ⓘ
linked to: YHWH
associatedWithFigure Balaam ⓘ
Gideon ⓘ
Jethro ⓘ
Zipporah ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Midian ⓘ
east of the Gulf of Aqaba ⓘ
eastern shore of the Gulf of Aqaba ⓘ
northwestern Arabia ⓘ
biblicalEvent Gideon’s campaigns against Midianites ⓘ
seduction of Israelites at Peor ⓘ
biblicalRole sometimes allies of Israel ⓘ
sometimes enemies of Israel ⓘ
culturalSphere Levantine cultural sphere ⓘ
Northwest Arabian culture ⓘ
linked to: Northern Arabia
describedIn Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh
ethnonymFor Midianites ⓘ
linked to: Midianite
genealogicalTradition descendant of Midian son of Abraham (biblical tradition) ⓘ
hasDemonymForm Midianite (English singular) ⓘ
linked to: Midianite
hasEthnoreligiousRole interacting people with Israelites ⓘ
neighbor of ancient Israel ⓘ
hasLanguageForm מִדְיָנִי (Hebrew: Midyani) ⓘ
hasNotableInteraction Israelites ⓘ
Moses ⓘ
ancient Hebrews ⓘ
linked to: Israelites
hasPluralForm Midianites (English plural) ⓘ
linked to: Midianite
knownFor alliances with Moabites in the Bible ⓘ
conflict with Israelites ⓘ
trade and caravan activities ⓘ
languageOfOrigin Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh
mentionedIn Book of Exodus ⓘ
Book of Genesis ⓘ
Book of Judges ⓘ
linked to: Judges

Book of Numbers ⓘ
relatedGroup Amalekites ⓘ
Ishmaelites ⓘ
Moabites ⓘ
religiousAffiliation polytheistic (as depicted in parts of the Bible) ⓘ
religiousTextContext Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament ⓘ
sourceType primarily known from biblical texts ⓘ
timePeriod Late Bronze Age ⓘ
early Iron Age ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (20)

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

Sephora → ethnicity → Midianite ⓘ
Shu'ayb → sentTo → People of Midian ⓘ
subject linked to: Prophet Shu'ayb
linked to: Midianite
Shuayb → sentTo → People of Midian ⓘ
linked to: Midianite
people of Madyan → ethnicallyRelatedTo → Midianites ⓘ
linked to: Midianite
people of Madyan → hasAlternativeName → Midianites ⓘ
linked to: Midianite
Ephah → ethnicOrCulturalIdentity → Midianite ⓘ
Abida → ethnicOrCulturalOrigin → Midianite ⓘ
Timna Valley → associatedWith → Midianites ⓘ
linked to: Midianite
Reuel → ethnicGroup → Midianites ⓘ
linked to: Midianite
Hobab → describedAs → Midianite ⓘ
Hobab → ethnicGroup → Midianites ⓘ
linked to: Midianite
Genesis 37 → mentions → Midianites ⓘ
linked to: Midianite
Jerubbaal → militaryOpponent → Midianites ⓘ
linked to: Midianite
king of Moab → hasAlly → Midianites ⓘ
linked to: Midianite
Midianite → ethnonymFor → Midianites ⓘ
linked to: Midianite
Midianite → hasDemonymForm → Midianite (English singular) ⓘ
linked to: Midianite
Midianite → hasPluralForm → Midianites (English plural) ⓘ
linked to: Midianite
Kenites → associatedWith → Midianites ⓘ
linked to: Midianite
Descendants of Abraham → includesPeople → Midianites ⓘ
linked to: Midianite
Thara → ancestorOf → Midianites ⓘ
linked to: Midianite