Bible Names

Medad: meaning of the name

Medad means “he that measures; water of love.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Medad in Hebrew and Greek

מֵידָד H4312

Mêydâd (may-dawd') — Medad, an Israelite

from H3032 (יָדַד) in the sense of loving; affectionate;

Who named Medad in the Bible

Medad in Scripture

“Medad” appears in 2 verses of the King James Version.

  • Numbers 11:26

    But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp.

  • Numbers 11:27

    And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.