Midianite
- proper noun
- Literature
- The same holds for Hebrew El, but in Judaism, God is also given a proper name, the tetragrammaton (written YHWH), originally the name of an Edomite or Midianite deity, Yahweh.
Examples
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The Midianite people are known for their nomadic lifestyle in the ancient desert regions.
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Perhaps the Midianite raids had also come to an end.
Fiction book (2001) -
And then if you worry about the Midianite children who had their brains beaten out of them, that's OK because they went straight to heaven.
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And then if you worry about the Midianite children who had their brains beaten out of them, that's OK because they went straight to heaven.
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God basically tells the Israelites invading all Midianite villages, "Kill all the men, kill all the kids, kill all the old women."
Academic text (2006) -
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN BRAINWASHED INTO "CHRISTIAN IDENTITY," THE ABOVE PEOPLES SUCH AS THE "MIDIANITES" HAPPEN TO BE GENTILE!!
Blog text (5) -
In the Bible, Moses fled to Midian after he left Egypt, where he encountered a Midianite priest.
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The Midianite tribes were often mentioned in the historical accounts of the Israelites' conquests.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Midianite = Midian (transparent) = Midian + ite
Standard demonym formation from the place-name 'Midian' with '-ite' indicating a member of that people.
Etymology
Midianite comes from the name Midian in the Hebrew Bible, and the ending -ite means 'person from', as in Israelite, so a Midianite is someone 'from Midian', the ancient people of that region.
