4083. 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 term "medinah" refers to a defined geographical area, often a province or district within a larger kingdom or empire. It is used to describe administrative regions that are governed or ruled, typically under the authority of a central power. In the context of the Bible, "medinah" often denotes areas within the Persian Empire or 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 governed by officials 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, where local governance was essential for maintaining control over vast territories.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
(Aramaic) corresponding to medinah
Definition
a district, province
NASB Translation
province (8), provinces (3).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[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 Daniel 2:48,49; Daniel 3:1,12,30; Ezra 7:16; plural absolute מְדִנָן Ezra 4:15, emphatic מְדִינָתָא Daniel 3:2,3.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

province

(Aramaic) corresponding to mdiynah -- province.

see HEBREW mdiynah

Forms and Transliterations

בִּמְדִינַ֖ת בִּמְדִינַ֥ת במדינת וּמְדִנָ֔ן ומדנן מְדִֽינְתָּא֙ מְדִֽינָתָ֑א מְדִֽינָתָ֔א מְדִינְתָּ֖ה מְדִינַ֣ת מדינת מדינתא מדינתה bim·ḏî·naṯ bimdiNat bimḏînaṯ mə·ḏî·nā·ṯā mə·ḏî·naṯ mə·ḏî·nə·tā mə·ḏî·nə·tāh mediNat məḏînaṯ medinaTa məḏînāṯā medineTa məḏînətā medineTah məḏînətāh ū·mə·ḏi·nān umediNan ūməḏinān

Englishman's Concordance

Ezra 4:15
HEB: וּֽמְהַנְזְקַ֤ת מַלְכִין֙ וּמְדִנָ֔ן וְאֶשְׁתַּדּוּר֙ עָבְדִ֣ין
NAS: to kings and provinces, and that they have incited
KJV: unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved
INT: and damaging to kings and provinces revolt may be made

Ezra 5:8
HEB: אֲזַ֜לְנָא לִיה֤וּד מְדִֽינְתָּא֙ לְבֵית֙ אֱלָהָ֣א
NAS: that we have gone to the province of Judah,
KJV: that we went into the province of Judea,
INT: have gone of Judah to the province to the house God

Ezra 6:2
HEB: דִּ֛י בְּמָדַ֥י מְדִינְתָּ֖ה מְגִלָּ֣ה חֲדָ֑ה
NAS: which is in the province of Media,
KJV: in the palace that [is] in the province of the Medes,
INT: which of Media the province A scroll a

Ezra 7:16
HEB: תְהַשְׁכַּ֔ח בְּכֹ֖ל מְדִינַ֣ת בָּבֶ֑ל עִם֩
NAS: in the whole province of Babylon,
KJV: in all the province of Babylon,
INT: find the whole province of Babylon with

Daniel 2:48
HEB: עַ֖ל כָּל־ מְדִינַ֣ת בָּבֶ֑ל וְרַב־
NAS: the whole province of Babylon
KJV: the whole province of Babylon,
INT: over the whole province of Babylon great

Daniel 2:49
HEB: עֲבִֽידְתָּא֙ דִּ֚י מְדִינַ֣ת בָּבֶ֔ל לְשַׁדְרַ֥ךְ
NAS: the administration of the province of Babylon,
KJV: the affairs of the province of Babylon:
INT: the administration forasmuch of the province of Babylon Shadrach

Daniel 3:1
HEB: בְּבִקְעַ֣ת דּוּרָ֔א בִּמְדִינַ֖ת בָּבֶֽל׃
NAS: of Dura in the province of Babylon.
KJV: of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
INT: the plain of Dura the province of Babylon

Daniel 3:2
HEB: וְכֹ֖ל שִׁלְטֹנֵ֣י מְדִֽינָתָ֑א לְמֵתֵא֙ לַחֲנֻכַּ֣ת
NAS: the rulers of the provinces to come
KJV: the rulers of the provinces, to come
INT: and all the rulers of the provinces to come to the dedication

Daniel 3:3
HEB: וְכֹל֙ שִׁלְטֹנֵ֣י מְדִֽינָתָ֔א לַחֲנֻכַּ֣ת צַלְמָ֔א
NAS: the rulers of the provinces were assembled
KJV: the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together
INT: and all the rulers of the provinces the dedication of the image

Daniel 3:12
HEB: עַל־ עֲבִידַת֙ מְדִינַ֣ת בָּבֶ֔ל שַׁדְרַ֥ךְ
NAS: the administration of the province of Babylon,
KJV: the affairs of the province of Babylon,
INT: over the administration of the province of Babylon Shadrach

Daniel 3:30
HEB: וַעֲבֵ֥ד נְג֖וֹ בִּמְדִינַ֥ת בָּבֶֽל׃ פ
NAS: to prosper in the province of Babylon.
KJV: and Abednego, in the province of Babylon.
INT: Meshach and Abed-nego the province of Babylon

11 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 4083
11 Occurrences

bim·ḏî·naṯ — 2 Occ.
mə·ḏî·naṯ — 4 Occ.
mə·ḏî·nā·ṯā — 2 Occ.
mə·ḏî·nə·tā — 1 Occ.
mə·ḏî·nə·tāh — 1 Occ.
ū·mə·ḏi·nān — 1 Occ.