Dictionaries :: Medad

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Medad:

love, one of the elders nominated to assist Moses in the government of the people. He and Eldad "prophesied in the camp" (Num 11:24-29).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Medad:

he that measures; water of love

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Medad:

me'-dad (medhadh, "affectionate"): One of the 70 elders on whom the spirit of the Lord came in the days of Moses enabling them to prophesy. Medad and one other, Eldad, began to prophesy in the camp, away from the other elders who had assembled at the door of the tabernacle to hear God's message. Joshua suggested that Eldad and Medad be stopped, but Moses interceded on their behalf, saying, "Would that all Yahweh's people were prophets!" (Nu 11:26-29). The subject-matter of their prophecy has been variously supplied by tradition. Compare the Palestine Targums at the place, the apocalyptic Book of Eldad and Modad, and Ba‘al ha-Turim (ad loc.).

Written by Ella Davis Isaacs

Nave's Topical Bible

Medad: One of the Seventy Elders

Who did not go to the tabernacle with Moses, but prophesied in the camp,

Num 11:26-29.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Medad:

(love.) SEE [ELDAD].