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Lexicon :: Strong's H4074 - māḏay

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מָדַי
Transliteration
māḏay
Pronunciation
maw-dah'-ee
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of foreign derivation
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).

  1. 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.
STRONGS H4074: Abbreviations
† מָדַי proper name, of a people or territory Medes, Media (Old Persian Mâda SpAPK, Assyrian Madai COTGloss, and on Genesis 10:2 DlPar. 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; Greek Version of the LXX Μαδαι.
2. of land alone = Media 2 Kings 17:6; 2 Kings 18:11 (both עָרֵי מָדָ֑י).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:2; 10:2

2 Kings

17:6; 18:11

1 Chronicles

1:5

Esther

1:3; 1:14; 1:18; 1:19; 10:2

Isaiah

13:17; 21:2

Jeremiah

25:25; 51:11; 51:28

Daniel

8:20; 9:1

H4074

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4074 matches the Hebrew מָדַי (māḏay),
which occurs 16 times in 16 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:2 - The sons H1121 of Japheth; H3315 Gomer, H1586 and Magog, H4031 and Madai, H4074 and Javan, H3120 and Tubal, H8422 and Meshech, H4902 and Tiras. H8494

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:6 - In the ninth H8671 year H8141 of Hoshea H1954 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 took H3920 Samaria, H8111 and carried H1540 ➔ Israel H3478 away H1540 into Assyria, H804 and placed H3427 them in Halah H2477 and in Habor H2249 by the river H5104 of Gozan, H1470 and in the cities H5892 of the Medes. H4074

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:11 - And the king H4428 of Assyria H804 did carry away H1540 Israel H3478 unto Assyria, H804 and put H5148 them in Halah H2477 and in Habor H2249 by the river H5104 of Gozan, H1470 and in the cities H5892 of the Medes: H4074

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:5 - The sons H1121 of Japheth; H3315 Gomer, H1586 and Magog, H4031 and Madai, H4074 and Javan, H3120 and Tubal, H8422 and Meshech, H4902 and Tiras. H8494

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:3 - In the third H7969 year H8141 of his reign, H4427 he made H6213 a feast H4960 unto all his princes H8269 and his servants; H5650 the power H2428 of Persia H6539 and Media, H4074 the nobles H6579 and princes H8269 of the provinces, H4082 being before H6440 him:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:14 - And the next H7138 unto him was Carshena, H3771 Shethar, H8369 Admatha, H133 Tarshish, H8659 Meres, H4825 Marsena, H4826 and Memucan, H4462 the seven H7651 princes H8269 of Persia H6539 and Media, H4074 which saw H7200 the king's H4428 face, H6440 and which sat H3427 the first H7223 in the kingdom;) H4438

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:18 - Likewise shall the ladies H8282 of Persia H6539 and Media H4074 say H559 this day H3117 unto all the king's H4428 princes, H8269 which have heard H8085 of the deed H1697 of the queen. H4436 Thus shall there arise too much H1767 contempt H963 and wrath. H7110

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:19 - If it please H2895 the king, H4428 let there go H3318 a royal H4438 commandment H1697 from him, H6440 and let it be written H3789 among the laws H1881 of the Persians H6539 and the Medes, H4074 that it be not altered, H5674 That Vashti H2060 come H935 no more before H6440 king H4428 Ahasuerus; H325 and let the king H4428 give H5414 her royal estate H4438 unto another H7468 that is better H2896 than she.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 10:2 - And all the acts H4639 of his power H8633 and of his might, H1369 and the declaration H6575 of the greatness H1420 of Mordecai, H4782 whereunto the king H4428 advanced H1431 him, are they not written H3789 in the book H5612 of the chronicles H1697 H3117 of the kings H4428 of Media H4074 and Persia? H6539

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:17 - Behold, I will stir up H5782 the Medes H4074 against them, which shall not regard H2803 silver; H3701 and as for gold, H2091 they shall not delight H2654 in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:2 - A grievous H7186 vision H2380 is declared H5046 unto me; the treacherous dealer H898 dealeth treacherously, H898 and the spoiler H7703 spoileth. H7703 Go up, H5927 O Elam: H5867 besiege, H6696 O Media; H4074 all the sighing H585 thereof have I made to cease. H7673

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:25 - And all the kings H4428 of Zimri, H2174 and all the kings H4428 of Elam, H5867 and all the kings H4428 of the Medes, H4074

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:11 - Make bright H1305 the arrows; H2671 gather H4390 the shields: H7982 the LORD H3068 hath raised up H5782 the spirit H7307 of the kings H4428 of the Medes: H4074 for his device H4209 is against Babylon, H894 to destroy H7843 it; because it is the vengeance H5360 of the LORD, H3068 the vengeance H5360 of his temple. H1964

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:28 - Prepare H6942 against her the nations H1471 with the kings H4428 of the Medes, H4074 the captains H6346 thereof, and all the rulers H5461 thereof, and all the land H776 of his dominion. H4475

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:20 - The ram H352 which thou sawest H7200 having H1167 two horns H7161 are the kings H4428 of Media H4074 and Persia. H6539

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:1 - In the first H259 year H8141 of Darius H1867 the son H1121 of Ahasuerus, H325 of the seed H2233 of the Medes, H4074 which was made king H4427 over the realm H4438 of the Chaldeans; H3778
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