Strong's Lexicon medinah: Province, district, region Original Word: מְדִינָה Word Origin: Derived from the root דִּין (din), meaning "to judge" or "to rule." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Greek equivalent often used in the Septuagint for "medinah" is "ἐπαρχία" (eparchia), which also means "province" or "district." Usage: The Hebrew word "medinah" refers to a geographical or political region, often translated as "province" or "district" in English. It denotes an area governed or administered as part of a larger kingdom or empire. In the context of the Bible, it is used to describe regions within the Persian Empire and other ancient Near Eastern empires. Cultural and Historical Background: In the ancient Near East, empires such as the Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian empires were divided into provinces or districts for administrative purposes. These provinces were often governed by officials or satraps who were responsible for collecting taxes, maintaining order, and implementing the decrees of the central government. The concept of "medinah" reflects the structured and hierarchical nature of these ancient empires. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom din Definition a province NASB Translation each (3), each province (3), every province (2), province (10), provinces (28), realm (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs מְדִינָה noun feminine province (an Aramaic word, compare Syriac  , Arabic  city) **compare also Old Aramaic מדינתא city, Palmyrene מדיתא city, suffix מדיתהון, plural מדינתא SAC70 Lzb306 Cooke266. — Esther 1:1 28t.; plural מְדִינוֺת 1 Kings 20:14 23t.; — 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.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance every province From diyn; properly, a judgeship, i.e. Jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region -- (X every) province. see HEBREW diyn Forms and Transliterations בִּמְדִינ֨וֹת בַּמְּדִינ֔וֹת בַּמְּדִינָ֔ה בַמְּדִינָ֔ה במדינה במדינות הַמְּדִינ֑וֹת הַמְּדִינ֔וֹת הַמְּדִינ֖וֹת הַמְּדִינ֜וֹת הַמְּדִינָ֑ה הַמְּדִינָ֔ה הַמְּדִינָ֗ה המדינה המדינות וְהַמְּדִינ֑וֹת וּמְדִינָ֔ה וּמְדִינָ֖ה וּמְדִינָ֗ה וּמְדִינָ֛ה וּמְדִינָ֜ה וּמְדִינָה֙ והמדינות ומדינה לַמְּדִינוֹת֙ למדינות מְדִינ֖וֹת מְדִינ֣וֹת מְדִינ֥וֹת מְדִינ֨וֹת מְדִינָ֔ה מְדִינָ֣ה מְדִינָ֤ה מְדִינָ֥ה מְדִינָ֨ה מְדִינָֽה׃ מְדִינָה֮ מְדִינוֹת֙ מִמְּדִינ֑וֹת מדינה מדינה׃ מדינות ממדינות bam·mə·ḏî·nāh ḇam·mə·ḏî·nāh bam·mə·ḏî·nō·wṯ bammediNah bamməḏînāh ḇamməḏînāh bammediNot bamməḏînōwṯ bim·ḏî·nō·wṯ bimdiNot bimḏînōwṯ ham·mə·ḏî·nāh ham·mə·ḏî·nō·wṯ hammediNah hamməḏînāh hammediNot hamməḏînōwṯ lam·mə·ḏî·nō·wṯ lammedinOt lamməḏînōwṯ mə·ḏî·nāh mə·ḏî·nō·wṯ mediNah məḏînāh mediNot məḏînōwṯ mim·mə·ḏî·nō·wṯ mimediNot mimməḏînōwṯ ū·mə·ḏî·nāh umediNah ūməḏînāh vammediNah vehammediNot wə·ham·mə·ḏî·nō·wṯ wəhamməḏînōwṯLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance 1 Kings 20:14 HEB: בְּנַעֲרֵ֖י שָׂרֵ֣י הַמְּדִינ֑וֹת וַיֹּ֛אמֶר מִֽי־ NAS: of the rulers of the provinces.' Then he said, KJV: of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, INT: the young of the rulers of the provinces says Who 1 Kings 20:15 1 Kings 20:17 1 Kings 20:19 Ezra 2:1 Nehemiah 1:3 Nehemiah 7:6 Nehemiah 11:3 Esther 1:1 Esther 1:3 Esther 1:16 Esther 1:22 Esther 1:22 Esther 1:22 Esther 2:3 Esther 2:18 Esther 3:8 Esther 3:12 Esther 3:12 Esther 3:12 Esther 3:12 Esther 3:13 Esther 3:14 Esther 3:14 Esther 4:3 53 Occurrences |
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