MEDAD mē’ dăd (מֵידָ֜ד). One of the seventy elders upon whom the Spirit of the Lord came enabling him to prophesy. Medad and one other, Eldad, began to prophesy in the wilderness camp. When Joshua suggested to Moses that they be stopped, Moses said, “Would that all Jehovah’s people were prophets!” (Num 11:26-29 ASV).