Strong's Lexicon

H4097

H4097 — מִדרָשׁ

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

Hebrewmidrashnoun mascOccurrences: 2TWOT: 455a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4097
Word:	מִדרָשׁ
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H1875
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	2
Transliteration:	midrash
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	mid-rawsh'
Meaning:	1. (properly) an investigation 2. (by implication) a treatise or elaborate compilation
KJV Renderings:	story.

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BDB2025

[מִדְרָשׁ] noun [masculine] study, exposition, midrash, only construct מִדְרַשׁ (late; common in Late Hebrew, in sense of imaginative exposition or didactic story) — מִדְרַשׁ סֵפֶר הַמְּלָכִים midrash of the book of Kings 2Chr 24:27 מִדְרַשׁ הַנָּבִיא עִדּוֺ midrash of the prophet Iddo 2Chr 13:22. These were probably of a didactic character, compare Dr^{Intr 497}.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מדרש (mid-rash’)

2 Chronicles 13:22

KJV: And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.

EHCC: written אז the (marg. or, commentary

2 Chronicles 24:27

KJV: Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.repairing: Heb. foundingstory: or, commentary

EHCC: written in the story of the book (marg. id.)