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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:14 - And Ahab said, “By whom?” So he said, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘By the young men of the rulers of the provinces H4082.’” Then he said, “Who shall [fn]begin the battle?” And he said, “You.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:15 - Then he mustered the young men of the rulers of the provinces H4082, and there were 232; and after them he mustered all the people, even all the sons of Israel, 7,000.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:17 - And the young men of the rulers of the provinces H4082 went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out and they told him, saying, “Men have come out from Samaria.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:19 -

So these went out from the city, the young men of the rulers of the provinces H4082, and the military force which followed them.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:1 -

Now these are the [fn]people of the province H4082 who came up out of the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had taken away into exile to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:3 - They said to me, “The remnant there in the province H4082 who remain from the captivity are in great calamity and reproach, and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down and its gates are burned with fire.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:6 -

These are the [fn]people of the province H4082 who came up out of the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had taken away into exile, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city,

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:3 -

Now these are the heads of the provinces H4082 who lived in Jerusalem, but in the cities of Judah each lived in his own possession in their cities[fn]the Israelites, the priests, the Levites, the [fn]temple servants, and the sons of Solomon’s servants.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:1 -

Now it happened in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to [fn]Ethiopia over 127 provinces H4082,

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:3 - in the third year of his reign, he held a feast for all his princes and servants, the military officers of Persia and Media, the nobles and the princes of his provinces H4082 being in his presence,
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:16 - Then in the presence of the king and the princes, Memucan said, “Queen Vashti has committed iniquity against not only the king but also against all the princes and all the peoples who are in all the provinces H4082 of King Ahasuerus.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:22 - So he sent letters to all the king’s provinces H4082, to each H4082 province H4082 according to its script and to every people according to their tongue, that every man should be the ruler in his own house and the one who speaks in the tongue of his own people.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3 - “And let the king appoint overseers in all the provinces H4082 of his kingdom that they may gather every young virgin, beautiful in appearance, to the citadel of Susa, to the harem, into the hand of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who keeps charge of the women; and let their cosmetics be given to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:18 - Then the king held a great feast, Esther’s feast, for all his princes and his servants; he also held a remission of taxes for the provinces H4082 and gave gifts according to the king’s hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:8 - Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and separated among the peoples in all the provinces H4082 of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of all other people, and they do not do the king’s laws, so it is not worth it for the king to let them remain.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:12 -

Then the king’s scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and it was written just as Haman commanded to the king’s satraps, to the governors who were over each H4082 province H4082, and to the princes of each people, each H4082 province H4082 according to its script, each people according to its tongue, being written in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the king’s signet ring.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:13 - And letters were sent by the hand of couriers to all the king’s provinces H4082 to destroy, to kill, and to cause all the Jews to perish, both young and old, little ones and women, in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to plunder their spoil.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:14 - A copy of that which was written down to be given as law in every province H4082 was revealed to all the peoples so that they should be ready for this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3 - Now in each H4082 and every province H4082 where the word and law of the king reached, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping, and wailing; and many made their bed in sackcloth and ashes.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:11 - “All the king’s servants and the people of the king’s provinces H4082 know that for any man or woman who comes to the king to the inner court who is not summoned, he has but one law, that he be put to death, unless the king holds out to him the golden scepter so that he may live. And I have not been summoned to come to the king for these thirty days.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:5 - Then she said, “If it seems good to the king, and if I have found favor before him and the matter seems proper to the king and I am good in his eyes, let it be written to turn back the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to cause the Jews who are in all the king’s provinces H4082 to perish.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9 -

So the king’s scribes were called at that time in the third month (that is, the month Sivan), on the twenty-third [fn]day; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, the satraps, the governors, and the princes of the provinces H4082 which extended from India to [fn]Ethiopia, 127 provinces H4082, to every H4082 province H4082 according to its script, and to every people according to their tongue as well as to the Jews according to their script and their tongue.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:11 - [fn]In them the king gave the Jews who were in each and every city the right to assemble and to make a stand for their lives, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish the entire military force of any people or province H4082 which would act as their adversaries, including little ones and women, and to plunder their spoil,
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:12 - on one day in all the provinces H4082 of King Ahasuerus, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month (that is, the month Adar).
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:13 - A copy of that which was written down to be given as law in each H4082 and every province H4082 was revealed to all the peoples, so that the Jews would be ready for this day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:17 - And in each H4082 and every province H4082 and in each and every city, wherever the king’s word and his law reached, there was gladness and joy for the Jews, a feast and a [fn]holiday. And many among the peoples of the land became Jews, for the dread of the Jews had fallen on them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:2 - The Jews assembled in their cities throughout all the provinces H4082 of King Ahasuerus to send forth their hand against those who sought their calamity; and no one could stand before them, for the dread of them had fallen on all the peoples.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:3 - Even all the princes of the provinces H4082, the satraps, the governors, and those who were doing the king’s work [fn]advanced the Jews, because the dread of Mordecai had fallen on them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:4 - Indeed, Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and the report about him went throughout all the provinces H4082; for the man Mordecai became greater and greater.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:12 - So the king said to Queen Esther, “The Jews have killed and caused to perish 500 men and the 10 sons of Haman at the citadel in Susa. Now in the rest of the king’s provinces H4082, what have they done? So what is [fn]your petition? It shall even be given to you. And what is [fn]your further request? It shall also be done.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:16 -

Now the rest of the Jews who were in the king’s provinces H4082 assembled, to make a stand for their lives and obtain rest for themselves from their enemies, and to kill 75,000 of those who hated them; but they did not send forth their hand for the plunder.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:20 -

Then Mordecai wrote down these events, and he sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces H4082 of King Ahasuerus, both near and far,

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:28 - So these days were to be remembered and celebrated throughout every generation, every family, every H4082 province H4082, and every city; thus these days of Purim were not to pass away from among the Jews, nor their memory come to an end from their seed.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:30 - And he sent letters to all the Jews, to the 127 provinces H4082 of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, namely, words of peace and truth,
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:8 - Also, I collected for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces H4082. I provided for myself male and female singers and the pleasures of the sons of men—many concubines.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:8 -

If you see oppression of the poor and robbery of justice and righteousness in the province H4082, do not be astonished over the [fn]matter; for a lofty one keeps watch over another lofty one, and there are loftier ones over them.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:1 -

Aleph

How lonely sits the city

That was great with people!

She has become like a widow

Who was once great among the nations!

She who was a princess among the [fn]provinces H4082

Has become a forced laborer!

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:8 -

‘Then nations put themselves against him

All around from their provinces H4082,

And they spread their net over him;

He was captured in their pit.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:2 - And I looked in the vision. And it happened that while I was looking, I was in the citadel of Susa, which is in the province H4082 of Elam; and I looked in the vision, and I myself was beside the Ulai [fn]Canal.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:24 - [fn]In a time of ease he will enter the richest parts of the province H4082, and he will do what his fathers never did, nor his fathers’ fathers; he will distribute plunder, spoil, and possessions among them, and he will devise his schemes against strongholds, but only for a time.
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