Lexicon :: Strong's H4074 - māḏay

מָדַי

Transliteration

māḏay

Pronunciation

maw-dah'-ee

Part of Speech

proper locative noun, proper masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

Of foreign derivation

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

מָדַי Mâday, maw-dah'-ee; of foreign derivation; Madai, a country of central Asia:—Madai, Medes, Media.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H4074 in the following manner: Medes (8x), Media (6x), Madai (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H4074 in the following manner: Medes (8x), Media (6x), Madai (2x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

Media or Medes or Madai = "middle land"
proper masculine noun
1. a people descended from the son of Japheth and who inhabited the territory of Media
  proper locative noun
2. land inhabited by the descendants of Japheth; located northwest of Persia proper, south and southwest of the Caspian Sea, east of Armenia and Assyria, and west and northwest of the great salt desert of Iram

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

מָדַי Mâday, maw-dah'-ee; of foreign derivation; Madai, a country of central Asia:—Madai, Medes, Media.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H4074: Abbreviations

† מָדַי proper name, of a people or territory Medes, Media (Old Persian Mâda Sp^APK, Assyrian Madai COT^{Gloss, and on Genesis 10:2} Dl^{Par. 247}); —

1. people, as 'son' of Japhet Genesis 10:2 (P) = 1 Chronicles 1:5; as hostile power Isaiah 13:17; Isaiah 21:2; זֶרַע מָדַי Daniel 9:1; land and people, מַלְכֵי מָדַי Jeremiah 25:25 (+ מַלְכֵי עֵילָם), Jeremiah 51:11, 28; וּפָרַס מַלְכֵי מ׳ Daniel 8:20; compare וּמָדַי פָּרַס Esther 1:3, 14, 18, 19; Esther 10:2; Μαδαι.

2. of land alone = Media 2 Kings 17:6; 2 Kings 18:11 (both עָרֵי מָדָ֑י).

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