Bible Names

Medan: meaning of the name

Medan means “judgment; process.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Medan in Hebrew and Greek

מְדָן H4091

Mᵉdân (med-awn') — Medan, a son of Abraham

the same as H4090 (מְדָן);

Who named Medan in the Bible

Medan in Scripture

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

  • Genesis 25:2

    And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:32

    Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.