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Lexicon :: Strong's H4082 - mᵊḏînâ

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מְדִינָה
Transliteration
mᵊḏînâ
Pronunciation
med-ee-naw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 426d

Strong’s Definitions

מְדִינָה mᵉdîynâh, med-ee-naw'; from H1777; properly, a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region:—(× every) province.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x

The KJV translates Strong's H4082 in the following manner: province (44x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x
The KJV translates Strong's H4082 in the following manner: province (44x).

  1. province, district

    1. district

    2. province

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מְדִינָה mᵉdîynâh, med-ee-naw'; from H1777; properly, a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region:—(× every) province.
STRONGS H4082: Abbreviations
מְדִינָה noun feminine province (an Aramaic word, compare Syriac bdb019302, Arabic bdb019303 city) **compare also Old Aramaic מדינתא city, Palmyrene מדיתא city, suffix מדיתהון, plural מדינתא SAC70 Lzb306 Cooke266. — Esther 1:1 + 28 times; plural מְדִינוֺת 1 Kings 20:14 + 23 times; — a district of an empire,
1. districts of realm of Ahab with שׂרים over them 1 Kings 20:14, 15, 17, 19.
2. of the Babylonian empire: Ezekiel 19:8; Daniel 8:2 (of Elam); שָׂרָתִי בַּמְּדִינוֺת princess among the provinces Lamentations 1:1 (of Judea).
3. of the Persian empire Esther 1:1 + often; one of which was Palestine, Nehemiah 1:3; the returning exiles, בְּנֵי הַמְּדִינָה children of the province Ezra 2:1; Nehemiah 7:6 having רָאשֵׁי הַמְּדִינָה Nehemiah 11:3.
4. provinces in general Ecclesiastes 2:8; Ecclesiastes 5:7; בְּמִשְׁמַנֵּי מְדִינָה in the fat places of the province Daniel 11:24 (fertile regions, probably Egypt; other translations see in Bev.)

See related Aramaic BDB entry H4083.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

20:14; 20:14; 20:15; 20:17; 20:19

Ezra

2:1

Nehemiah

1:3; 7:6; 11:3

Esther

1:1; 1:1

Ecclesiastes

2:8; 5:7

Lamentations

1:1

Ezekiel

19:8

Daniel

8:2; 11:24

H4082

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Strong's Number H4082 matches the Hebrew מְדִינָה (mᵊḏînâ),
which occurs 53 times in 40 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:14 - (LXX 21:14) And Achaab said, Whereby? And he said, Thus saith the Lord, By the young men of the heads of the districts. And Achaab said, Who shall [fn]begin the battle? and he said, Thou.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:15 - (LXX 21:15) And Achaab [fn]numbered the young men the heads of the districts, and they were two hundred and thirty: and afterwards he numbered the people, even every [fn]man fit for war, seven thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:17 - (LXX 21:17) And the young men the heads of the districts went forth [fn]first; and they send and report to the king of Syria, saying, There are men come forth out of Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:19 - (LXX 21:19) and let not the young men the heads of the districts go forth of the city. And the force that was behind them

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:1 - And these are the people of the land that went up, of the number of prisoners who were removed, whom Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon carried away to Babylon, and they returned to Juda and Jerusalem, every man to his city;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:3 - And they said to me, The remnant, even those that are left of the captivity, are there in the land, in great distress and reproach: and the walls of Jerusalem are thrown down, and its gates are burnt with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:6 - Now these are the children of the country, that came up from captivity, of the number which Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon carried away, and they returned to Jerusalem and to Juda, every man to his city;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:3 - Now these are the chiefs of the province who dwelt in Jerusalem, and in the cities of Juda; every man dwelt in his possession in their cities: Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nathinim, and the children of the servants of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:1 - (LXX 1:1s) And it came to pass after these things in the days of Artaxerxes,—(this Artaxerxes ruled over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces from India)—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:3 - in the third year of his reign, he made a feast to his friends, and the other nations, and to the nobles of the Persians and Medes, and the chief of the satraps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:16 - And Muchæus said to the king and to the princes, Queen Astin has not wronged the king only, but also all the king's rulers and princes:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:22 - and sent into all his kingdom through the several provinces, according to their language, in order that men might be feared in their own houses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3 - And let the king appoint local governors in all the provinces of his kingdom, and let them select fair and chaste young damsels and bring them to the city Susa, into the women's apartment, and let them be consigned to the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women; and let things for purification and other attendance be given to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:18 - And the king made a banquet for all his friends and great men for seven days, and he highly celebrated the marriage of Esther; and he made a release to those who were under his dominion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:8 - And he spoke to king Artaxerxes, saying, There is a nation scattered among the nations in all thy kingdom, and their laws differ from those of all the other nations; and they disobey the laws of the king; and it is not expedient for the king to let them alone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:12 - So the king's recorders were called in the first month, on the thirteenth day, and they wrote as Aman commanded to the captains and governors in every province, from India even to Ethiopia, to a hundred and twenty-seven provinces; and to the rulers of the nations according to their several languages, in the name of king Artaxerxes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:13 - And the message was sent by posts throughout the kingdom of Artaxerxes, to destroy utterly the race of the Jews on the first day of the twelfth month, which is Adar, and to plunder their goods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:14 - And the copies of the letters were published in every province; and an order was given to all the nations to be ready against that day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3 - And in every province where the letters were published, there was crying and lamentation and great mourning on the part of the Jews: they spread for themselves sackcloth and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:11 - All the nations of the empire know, that whoever, man or woman, shall go in to the king into the inner court uncalled, that person cannot live: only to whomsoever the king shall stretch out his golden sceptre, he shall live: and I have not been called to go in to the king, for these thirty days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:5 - And Esther said, If it seem good to thee, and I have found favour in thy sight, let an order be sent that the letters sent by Aman may be reversed, that were written for the destruction of the Jews, who are in thy kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9 - So the scribes were called in the first month, which is Nisan, on the three and twentieth day of the same year; and orders were written to the Jews, whatever the king had commanded to the local governors and chiefs of the satraps, from India even to Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty-seven satraps, according to the several provinces, according to their dialects.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:11 - wherein he charged them to use their own laws in every city, and to help each other, and to treat their adversaries, and those who attacked them, as they pleased,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:12 - on one day in all the kingdom of Artaxerxes, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is Adar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:13 - And let the copies be posted in conspicuous places throughout the kingdom, and let all the Jews be ready against this day, to fight against their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:17 - in every city and province wherever the ordinance was published: wherever the proclamation took place, the Jews had joy and gladness, feasting and mirth: and many of the Gentiles were circumcised, and became Jews, for fear of the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:2 - In that day the adversaries of the Jews perished: for no one resisted, through fear of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:3 - For the chiefs of the satraps, and the princes and the royal scribes, honoured the Jews; for the fear of Mardochæus lay upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:4 - For the order of the king was in force, that he should be celebrated in all the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:12 - And the king said to Esther, The Jews have slain five hundred men in the city Susa; and how, thinkest thou, have they used them in the rest of the country? What then dost thou yet ask, that it may be done for thee?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:16 - And the rest of the Jews who were in the kingdom assembled, and helped one another, and obtained rest from their enemies: for they destroyed fifteen thousand of them on the thirteenth day of Adar, but took no spoil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:20 - And Mardochæus wrote these things in a book, and sent them to the Jews, as many as were in the kingdom of Artaxerxes, both them that were near and them that were afar off,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:28 - And these days of the Phruræ, said they, shall be kept for ever, and their memorial shall not fail in any generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:8 - Moreover I collected for myself both silver and gold also, and the peculiar treasures of kings and provinces: I procured me singing men and singing women, and delights of the sons of men, a butler and female cupbearers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:8 - (LXX 5:7) If thou shouldest see the oppression of the poor, and the wresting of judgment and of justice in the land, wonder not at the matter: for there is a high one to watch over him that is high, and high ones over them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:1 - (LXX 1:0) [And it came to pass, after Israel was taken captive, and Jerusalem made desolate, that Jeremias sat weeping, and lamented with this lamentation over Jerusalem, and said] (1:1) Aleph. How does the city that was filled with people sit solitary! she is become as a widow: she that was magnified among the nations, and princess among the provinces, has become tributary.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:8 - Then the nations set upon him from the countries round about, and they spread their nets upon him: he was taken in their pit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:2 - And I was in Susa the palace, which is in the land of Ælam, and I was on the bank of Ubal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:24 - And he shall enter with prosperity, and that into fertile districts; and he shall do what his fathers and his fathers' fathers have not done; he shall scatter among them plunder, and spoils, and wealth; and he shall devise plans against Egypt, even for a time.
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