A son of the patriarch Abraham by Keturah.
About Medan
Third son of Abraham by his second wife, Keturah (Gn 25:2; 1 Chr 1:32).
Family Relationships
- Parents
- Abraham, Keturah
- Siblings 5
- Zimran, Jokshan, Midian, Ishbak, Shuah
- Half-siblings 2
- Ishmael, Isaac
- Nieces & Nephews 22
- Nebaioth, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad (Genesis 25:15), Tema, Jetur, Naphish, Kedemah, Mahalath, Esau, Israel, Sheba (Genesis 25:3), Dedan (Genesis 25:3), Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, Eldaah
- Aunt
- Sarah
- Uncles 2
- Nahor, Haran
- Cousins 16
- Uz (Genesis 22:21), Buz, Kemuel, Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, Bethuel, Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, Maacah, Lot, Milcah, Iscah, Isaac
Key References
Now Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah,
and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
The sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.
Parthians, Medes, and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
All Scripture References (16)
Genesis (1)
and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
2 Kings (2)
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
1 Chronicles (1)
The sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.
Esther (1)
So if it pleases the king, let him issue a royal decree, and let it be recorded in the laws of Persia and Media so that it cannot be repealed, that Vashti shall never again enter the presence of King Xerxes, and that her royal position shall be given to a woman better than she.
Isaiah (1)
Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.
Jeremiah (2)
Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD—vengeance for His temple.
Prepare the nations for battle against her—the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their officials, and all the lands they rule.
Daniel (7)
PERES means that your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.”
Now it pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom,
Therefore King Darius signed the written decree.
Then they told the king, “Daniel, one of the exiles from Judah, shows no regard for you, O king, or for the decree that you have signed. He still makes his petition three times a day.”
So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you!”
In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes, a Mede by descent, who was made ruler over the kingdom of the Chaldeans—
“And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, stood up to strengthen and protect him.
Acts (1)
Parthians, Medes, and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,