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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 - The sons of Japheth were Gomer and Magog and Madai H4074 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, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried Israel away into exile to Assyria, and settled them in Halah and Habor, on the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. H4074

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:11 - Then the king of Assyria carried Israel away into exile to Assyria, and put them in Halah and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes, H4074

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:5 - The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, H4074 Javan, Tubal, 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 gave a banquet for all his princes and attendants, the army officers of Persia and Media, H4074 the nobles and the princes of his provinces being in his presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:14 - and were close to him: Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media H4074 who [fn]had access to the king’s presence and sat in the first place in the kingdom—

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:18 - “This day the ladies of Persia and Media H4074 who have heard of the queen’s conduct will speak in the same way to all the king’s princes, and there will be plenty of contempt and anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:19 - “If it pleases the king, let a royal [fn]edict be issued by him and let it be written in the laws of Persia and Media H4074 so that it cannot [fn]be repealed, that Vashti may no longer come into the presence of King Ahasuerus, and let the king give her royal position to [fn]another who is more worthy than she.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 10:2 - And all the [fn]accomplishments of his authority and strength, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai to which the king [fn]advanced him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media H4074 and Persia?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:17 - Behold, I am going to stir up the Medes H4074 against them,
Who will not value silver or take pleasure in gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:2 - A harsh vision has been shown to me;
The treacherous one still deals treacherously, and the destroyer still destroys.
Go up, Elam, lay siege, Media; H4074
I have made an end of all [fn]the groaning she has caused.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:25 - and all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam and all the kings of Media; H4074

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:11 - Sharpen the arrows, fill the quivers!
The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, H4074
Because His purpose is against Babylon to destroy it;
For it is the vengeance of the LORD, vengeance for His temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:28 - Consecrate the nations against her,
The kings of the Medes, H4074
[fn]Their governors and all [fn]their [fn]prefects,
And every land of [fn]their dominion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:20 - “The ram which you saw with the two horns represents the kings of Media H4074 and Persia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:1 - In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of Median H4074 descent, who was made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans—
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