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Lexicon :: Strong's H4076 - 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)
Corresponding to מָדַי (H4074)
Strong’s Definitions

מָדַי Mâday, maw-dah'-ee; (Aramaic) corresponding to H4074:—Mede(-s).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H4076 in the following manner: Medes (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H4076 in the following manner: Medes (5x).

  1. Medes = "middle land"

    proper masculine noun

    1. an inhabitant of Media

      proper locative noun

    2. the territory inhabited by the Medes

      1. 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; (Aramaic) corresponding to H4074:—Mede(-s).
STRONGS H4076: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

† מָדַי proper name, of a people or territory Medes, Media (Biblical Hebrew id.); —
1. of a people Daniel 5:28; Daniel 6:9 [Daniel 6:8]; Daniel 6:13 [Daniel 6:12]; Daniel 6:16 [Daniel 6:15].
2. territory Ezra 6:2.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

6:2

Daniel

5:28; 6:8; 6:12; 6:15

H4076

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4076 matches the Hebrew מָדַי (māḏay),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:2 - A scroll was found in the citadel of Ecbatana in the province of Media, and this was written on it: Memorandum:

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:28 - Peres[fn]: Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:8 - Now, Your Majesty, issue the decree and put it in writing so that it cannot be altered—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:12 - So they went to the king and spoke to him about his royal decree: “Did you not publish a decree that during the next thirty days anyone who prays to any god or human being except to you, Your Majesty, would be thrown into the lions’ den?” The king answered, “The decree stands—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:15 - Then the men went as a group to King Darius and said to him, “Remember, Your Majesty, that according to the law of the Medes and Persians no decree or edict that the king issues can be changed.”
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