HebrewH4312Proper Noun (Masculine)
מֵידָד
me.dad
“Medad”
2Occurrences
H4312Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Medad, an Israelite
from H3032 (יָדַד) in the sense of loving; affectionate;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at § Medad = "love" one of the 70 elders to whom was communicated the prophetic power of Moses and who prophesied in the camp of the Israelites in the wilderness
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
N:N-M-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
מֵידָד appears 2 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Numbers
2
Key Passages
Numbers 11:26BSB
Two men, however, had remained in the camp—one named Eldad and the other Medad—and the Spirit rested on them. They were among those listed, but they had not gone out to the tent, and they prophesied in the camp.
Numbers 11:27BSB
A young man ran and reported to Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.”
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