单词 | midianite |
释义 | Midianiten.adj. A. n. A member of a nomadic people inhabiting the north-west Arabian peninsula in Old Testament times.They are chiefly mentioned in the Old Testament books of Numbers and Judges. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > ancient peoples of the Middle East and Asia Minor > [noun] > person Idumaeanc897 PhilistineeOE PhilisteeOE Philistianc1375 Midianitea1382 Moabitea1382 Chaldee1382 Scytha1387 Ammonitea1393 Alana1450 Amorite1530 Kenite1535 Scythian1543 Nabatean1555 Illyrian1584 Sabaean1607 Hittite1608 Homerite1613 White Hun1653 Judahite1708 Alarodian1709 Cimmerian1797 Thamudite1833 Himyarite1842 Akkadian1857 Saka1880 Ephthalite1882 Kassite1888 Hurrian1911 Hattian1914 Tarsian1914 Subarian1923 Gutian1928 Urartian1934 Nesite1949 Luvian1961 Eblaite1976 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Num. xxv. 14 Þe name forsoþe of þe man off Irael þat is slawyn wiþ þe madianyte was ȝambry. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Gen. xxxvii. F But the Madianites solde him in Egipte. 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xxxvii. 28 There passed by Midianites merchant men, and they drew and lift vp Ioseph out of the pit. 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xxxvii. 36 And the Medanites sold him into Egypt vnto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaohs, and captaine of the guard. View more context for this quotation 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iv. ii. 20 The Midianites especially led eraticall lives. 1682 Observator 27 Jan. 1/2 Or the Midianites prevailing against Israel. 1755 B. Franklin in Pennsylvania Gaz. 18 Dec. 2/2 For he having assembled 32,000 Men against the Midianites, proclaimed, according to Law... Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from Mount Gilead. 1844 R. W. Emerson Ess. 2nd Ser. vii. 220 Laban, who has flocks and herds, wishes them looked after by an officer on the frontiers, lest the Midianites shall drive them off, and pays a tax to that end. 1910 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 418/2 They are described as peaceful shepherds, and the pastures of the Midianites..lay near Mount Horeb. 1968 Amer. Hist. Rev. 73 1007 The Syriac text knew of an archtypal invasion of Israel by Midianites at the time of the Hebrew Judges. 1991 C. Cleverly Church Planting 51 Some teams will need to be encouraged by the Lord's word to the fearful Gideon who had been called to fight the Midianites. B. adj. Of or relating to the Midianite people.In quot. 1817 with allusion to Moses' marriage to the daughter of a Midianite priest. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > ancient peoples of the Middle East and Asia Minor > [adjective] MidianitishOE MoabitishOE Ammonitea1325 Moabitea1325 Amalekitea1382 Midianitea1382 Amorite1530 Scythian1567 Philistian1569 Sabaeana1586 Scythian-likea1599 Nabatean1614 Philistean1623 Scythic1623 Chaldean1732 Alarodian1737 Philistinian1773 Judahite1797 Philistine1842 Moabitic1851 Himyaritic1854 Akkadian1856 Scythized1861 Cimmerian1862 Idumaean1863 Himyaric1864 Hittite1871 Kassite1894 Hattian1908 Khaldian1908 Kenite1911 Hattic1913 Ephthalite1920 Subarian1923 Hurrian1928 Gutian1929 Saka1958 Luvian1963 Urartian1965 Eblaite1976 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Num. xxv. 6 Amadianite [a1425 Corpus Oxf. A Madyanyte] strompet. 1817 Ld. Byron Let. 3–4 June (1976) V. 232 I left off yesterday at the stumbling block of my Midianite marriage..but I will be in good humour for the rest of this letter. 1859 Southern Literary Messenger 29 141/2 What a solemn meaning to the heart of childhood, have the dreams of Daniel, Laban, Jacob, Pharaoh—the Midianite Soldier—the Chief Butler and Baker. 1873 H. B. Stowe Women in Sacred Hist. ii. v. 89 This is after the visit of his Midianite father-in-law, Jethro, who brought back to Moses his wife and two sons. 1925 R. Graves Marmosite's Misc. II. 293 They massacred their warriors once and again, The Midianite militia on the parched plain. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XII. 488/1 There is evidence that some of the Midianite clans crossed over the Arabah..and settled in the eastern and southern sections of the Sinai Peninsula. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.a1382 |
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