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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 Box Gen 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:2 - 'Sons of Japheth are Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:6 - in the ninth year of Hoshea hath the king of Asshur captured Samaria, and removeth Israel to Asshur, and causeth them to dwell in Halah, and in Habor, by the river Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:11 - and the king of Asshur removeth Israel to Asshur, and placed them in Halah, and in Habor by the river Gozan, and in cities of the Medes,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:5 - Sons of Japheth: Gomer and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:3 - in the third year of his reign, he hath made a banquet to all his heads and his servants; of the force of Persia and Media, the chiefs and heads of the provinces are before him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:14 - and he who is near unto him is Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, Memucan, seven heads of Persia and Media seeing the face of the king, who are sitting first in the kingdom --

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:18 - yea, this day do princesses of Persia and Media, who have heard the word of the queen, say so to all heads of the king, even according to the sufficiency of contempt and wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:19 - 'If to the king it be good, there goeth forth a royal word from before him, and it is written with the laws of Persia and Media, and doth not pass away, that Vashti doth not come in before the king Ahasuerus, and her royalty doth the king give to her companion who is better than she;

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 10:2 - and all the work of his strength, and his might, and the explanation of the greatness of Mordecai with which the king made him great, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of Media and Persia?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:17 - Lo, I am stirring up against them the Medes, Who silver esteem not, And gold -- they delight not in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:2 - A hard vision hath been declared to me, The treacherous dealer is dealing treacherously, And the destroyer is destroying. Go up, O Elam, besiege, O Media, All its sighing I have caused to cease.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:25 - And all the kings of Zimri, And all the kings of Elam, And all the kings of Media,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:11 - Cleanse ye the arrows, fill the shields, Stirred up hath Jehovah the spirit of the kings of Madia, For against Babylon His device is to destroy it, For the vengeance of Jehovah it is, The vengeance of His temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:28 - Sanctify against it the nations with the kings of Media, Its governors and all its prefects, And all the land of its dominion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:20 - 'The ram that thou hast seen possessing two horns, are the kings of Media and Persia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:1 - In the first year of Darius, son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who hath been made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans,
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