[1] Son of Abraham and Keturah
Son of Abraham and Keturah in the genealogy of Genesis (Gn 25,2).
[2] Locality south of Edom
(Hebrew midyān, Arab madyān). In the OT, name of a region south of Edom and east of the Gulf of Aqaba. The region is presumably the homeland of the later Israelite national god Yahweh. Settlement, trade, pottery making and camel breeding are attested archaeologically since the 13th/12th cent BC. From the 8th cents. …