middin Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
middin in Easton's Bible Dictionary
measures, one of the six cities "in the wilderness," on the west of the Dead Sea, mentioned along with En-gedi (Josh. 15:61).
middin in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(measures), a city of Judah, #Jos 15:61| one of the six specified as situated in the district of "the midbar" (Authorized Version "wilderness").
middin in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
MID'DIN (measures), one of the six cities mentioned with En-gedi, Josh 15:61, and in the desert west of the Dead Sea.
middin in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
One of the six cities of Judah in the "wilderness" (midbar; Joshua 15:61, including the waste on the upper level, the cliffs, and shore of the lake). Um el Bedun valley, S.W. of the Dead Sea, bears traces of the name. Conder (Israel Exploration, July 1875) identifies it with Khirbet Mird, one of the six cities of the midbar or "desert", on the edge of the Bukeia, E. of Mar Saba.