Strong's Lexicon

H4082

H4082 — מְדִינָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmdiynahnoun femOccurrences: 53TWOT: 426d

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4082
Word:	מְדִינָה
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	from H1777
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	53
Transliteration:	mdiynah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	med-ee-naw'
Meaning:	1. (properly) a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction 2. (by implication) a district (as ruled by a judge) 3. (generally) a region
KJV Renderings:	(X every) province.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB1927

מְדִינָה noun feminine province (an Aramaic word, compare Syriac [untranscribed source text 1136], Arabic [untranscribed source text 1137] city)

compare also Old Aramaic מדינתא city, Palmyrene מדיתא city, suffix מדיתהון, plural מדינתא SAC⁷⁰ Lzb³⁰⁶ Cooke²⁶⁶. — Esth 1:1 + 28 t.; plural מְדִינוֺת 1Kgs 20:14 + 23 t.; — a district of an empire,

1. districts of realm of Ahab with שׂרים over them 1Kgs 20:14; 1Kgs 20:15; 1Kgs 20:17; 1Kgs 20:19.

2. of the Babylonian empire: Ezek 19:8; Dan 8:2 (of Elam); שָׂרָתִי בַּמְּדִינוֺת princess among the provinces Lam 1:1 (of Judea).

3. of the Persian empire Esth 1:1 + often; one of which was Palestine, Neh 1:3 the returning exiles, בְּנֵי הַמְּדִינָה children of the province Ezra 2:1; Neh 7:6 having רָאשֵׁי הַמְּדִינָה Neh 11:3.

4. provinces in general Eccl 2:8; Eccl 5:7 בְּמִשְׁמַנֵּי מְדִינָה in the fat places of the province Dan 11:24 (fertile regions, probably Egypt; other translations see in Bev.)

BDB9444

[מְדִינָה] noun feminine (judicial) district, province ( K^{§ 60, 3}) d); also Biblical Hebrew); — emphatic מְדִינְתָּא (M:§ 72 c) Ezra 5:8; Ezra 6:2 construct מְדִינַת Dan 2:48; Dan 2:49; Dan 3:1; Dan 3:12; Dan 3:30; Ezra 7:16 plural absolute מְדִנָן Ezra 4:15, emphatic מְדִינָתָא Dan 3:2; Dan 3:3.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מדינה (’dee-n)

1 Kings 20:14

KJV: And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the Lord, Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou.young…: or, servantsorder: Heb. bind, or, tie

EHCC: 15, 17, 19. the princes of the provinces,

1 Kings 2:3

KJV: And keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:prosper: or, do wisely

EHCC: in all the provinces of his kingdom,

1 Kings 3:8

KJV: And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

EHCC: the provinces of thy kingdom ;

1 Kings 4:3

KJV: Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.scribes: or, secretariesrecorder: or, remembrancer

EHCC: And in every province, (lit. id.)

1 Kings 8:5

KJV: And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.

EHCC: in all the king’s provinces:

1 Kings 11:11

KJV: Wherefore the Lord said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.is done…: Heb. is with thee

EHCC: the power of the people and prucince

1 Kings 9:2

KJV: That the Lord appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon.

EHCC: throughoat all the provinces of the king

Amos 1:1

KJV: The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

EHCC: princess among the provinces,

Amos 11:24

EHCC: the fattest places of the province;