4082. medinah
Strong's Lexicon
medinah: Province, district, region

Original Word: מְדִינָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: medinah
Pronunciation: meh-dee-NAH
Phonetic Spelling: (med-ee-naw')
Definition: Province, district, region
Meaning: a judgeship, jurisdiction, a district, a region

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 Origin
from 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 wəhamməḏînōwṯ
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Englishman'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
HEB: נַעֲרֵי֙ שָׂרֵ֣י הַמְּדִינ֔וֹת וַיִּהְי֕וּ מָאתַ֖יִם
NAS: of the rulers of the provinces, and there were 232;
KJV: of the princes of the provinces, and they were two
INT: men of the princes of the provinces become hundred

1 Kings 20:17
HEB: נַעֲרֵ֛י שָׂרֵ֥י הַמְּדִינ֖וֹת בָּרִֽאשֹׁנָ֑ה וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח
NAS: of the rulers of the provinces went
KJV: of the princes of the provinces went out
INT: the young of the rulers of the provinces first sent

1 Kings 20:19
HEB: נַעֲרֵ֖י שָׂרֵ֣י הַמְּדִינ֑וֹת וְהַחַ֖יִל אֲשֶׁ֥ר
NAS: of the rulers of the provinces, and the army
KJV: of the princes of the provinces came out
INT: the young of the rulers of the provinces and the army which

Ezra 2:1
HEB: וְאֵ֣לֶּה ׀ בְּנֵ֣י הַמְּדִינָ֗ה הָֽעֹלִים֙ מִשְּׁבִ֣י
NAS: are the people of the province who came
KJV: Now these [are] the children of the province that went up
INT: now these are the people of the province came of the captivity

Nehemiah 1:3
HEB: הַשְּׁבִי֙ שָׁ֣ם בַּמְּדִינָ֔ה בְּרָעָ֥ה גְדֹלָ֖ה
NAS: there in the province who
KJV: of the captivity there in the province [are] in great
INT: the captivity there the province affliction great

Nehemiah 7:6
HEB: אֵ֣לֶּה ׀ בְּנֵ֣י הַמְּדִינָ֗ה הָעֹלִים֙ מִשְּׁבִ֣י
NAS: are the people of the province who came
KJV: These [are] the children of the province, that went up
INT: These are the people of the province came the captivity

Nehemiah 11:3
HEB: וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ רָאשֵׁ֣י הַמְּדִינָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָשְׁב֖וּ
NAS: are the heads of the provinces who
KJV: Now these [are] the chief of the province that dwelt
INT: now these are the heads of the provinces who lived

Esther 1:1
HEB: וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּמֵאָ֖ה מְדִינָֽה׃
NAS: to Ethiopia over 127 provinces,
KJV: and seven and twenty provinces:)
INT: and twenty an hundred provinces

Esther 1:3
HEB: הַֽפַּרְתְּמִ֛ים וְשָׂרֵ֥י הַמְּדִינ֖וֹת לְפָנָֽיו׃
NAS: and the princes of his provinces being in his presence.
KJV: and princes of the provinces, [being] before
INT: the nobles and the princes of his provinces his presence

Esther 1:16
HEB: אֲשֶׁ֕ר בְּכָל־ מְדִינ֖וֹת הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃
NAS: are in all the provinces of King
KJV: and to all the people that [are] in all the provinces of the king
INT: who all the provinces of King Ahasuerus

Esther 1:22
HEB: אֶל־ כָּל־ מְדִינ֣וֹת הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֶל־
NAS: the king's provinces, to each
KJV: into all the king's provinces, into every province
INT: to all provinces the king's to

Esther 1:22
HEB: הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֶל־ מְדִינָ֤ה וּמְדִינָה֙ כִּכְתָבָ֔הּ
NAS: provinces, to each province
KJV: provinces, into every province according to the writing
INT: the king's to each province script

Esther 1:22
HEB: אֶל־ מְדִינָ֤ה וּמְדִינָה֙ כִּכְתָבָ֔הּ וְאֶל־
NAS: to each province according to its script
INT: to each province script and to

Esther 2:3
HEB: פְּקִידִים֮ בְּכָל־ מְדִינ֣וֹת מַלְכוּתוֹ֒ וְיִקְבְּצ֣וּ
NAS: in all the provinces of his kingdom
KJV: officers in all the provinces of his kingdom,
INT: overseers all the provinces of his kingdom may gather

Esther 2:18
HEB: אֶסְתֵּ֑ר וַהֲנָחָ֤ה לַמְּדִינוֹת֙ עָשָׂ֔ה וַיִּתֵּ֥ן
NAS: a holiday for the provinces and gave
KJV: a release to the provinces, and gave
INT: Esther's A holiday the provinces made and gave

Esther 3:8
HEB: הָֽעַמִּ֔ים בְּכֹ֖ל מְדִינ֣וֹת מַלְכוּתֶ֑ךָ וְדָתֵיהֶ֞ם
NAS: in all the provinces of your kingdom;
KJV: among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom;
INT: the peoples all the provinces of your kingdom their laws

Esther 3:12
HEB: אֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀ עַל־ מְדִינָ֣ה וּמְדִינָ֗ה וְאֶל־
NAS: were over each province
KJV: and to the governors that [were] over every province, and to the rulers
INT: who were over each province and to

Esther 3:12
HEB: עַל־ מְדִינָ֣ה וּמְדִינָ֗ה וְאֶל־ שָׂ֤רֵי
NAS: each province and to the princes
KJV: of every people of every province according to the writing
INT: were over each province and to the princes

Esther 3:12
HEB: עַם֙ וָעָ֔ם מְדִינָ֤ה וּמְדִינָה֙ כִּכְתָבָ֔הּ
NAS: people, each province
INT: of each people each province script

Esther 3:12
HEB: וָעָ֔ם מְדִינָ֤ה וּמְדִינָה֙ כִּכְתָבָ֔הּ וְעַ֥ם
NAS: each province according to its script,
INT: people each province script each

Esther 3:13
HEB: אֶל־ כָּל־ מְדִינ֣וֹת הַמֶּלֶךְ֒ לְהַשְׁמִ֡יד
NAS: the king's provinces to destroy,
KJV: into all the king's provinces, to destroy,
INT: to all provinces the king's to destroy

Esther 3:14
HEB: דָּת֙ בְּכָל־ מְדִינָ֣ה וּמְדִינָ֔ה גָּל֖וּי
NAS: in every province was published
KJV: to be given in every province was published
INT: law every province province was published

Esther 3:14
HEB: בְּכָל־ מְדִינָ֣ה וּמְדִינָ֔ה גָּל֖וּי לְכָל־
INT: every province province was published to all

Esther 4:3
HEB: וּבְכָל־ מְדִינָ֣ה וּמְדִינָ֗ה מְקוֹם֙
NAS: In each and every province
KJV: And in every province, whithersoever
INT: and every each province whithersoever

53 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 4082
53 Occurrences


bam·mə·ḏî·nāh — 1 Occ.
bam·mə·ḏî·nō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
bim·ḏî·nō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
ham·mə·ḏî·nāh — 4 Occ.
ham·mə·ḏî·nō·wṯ — 8 Occ.
lam·mə·ḏî·nō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
mə·ḏî·nāh — 13 Occ.
mə·ḏî·nō·wṯ — 11 Occ.
mim·mə·ḏî·nō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
ū·mə·ḏî·nāh — 10 Occ.
ḇam·mə·ḏî·nāh — 1 Occ.
wə·ham·mə·ḏî·nō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
















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