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Strong's Lexicon medinah: Province, district, region Original Word: מְדִינָה Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Transliteration: mdiynah Pronunciation: meh-dee-NAH Phonetic Spelling: (med-ee-naw') Definition: a judgeship, jurisdiction, a district, a region Meaning: The term "medinah" refers to a judgeship, jurisdiction, a district, or a region. It denotes an area under a specific administrative or governmental authority. Word Origin: Derived from the root דִּין (din), which means to judge or to govern. Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G932 (βασιλεία, basileia): Often translated as "kingdom," this term can refer to a realm or domain under a king's rule, similar to the concept of a "medinah" as a governed region. • G1885 (ἐπαρχία, eparchia): This term refers to a province or a district, akin to the administrative divisions denoted by "medinah." • G5561 (χώρα, chora): Meaning "region" or "country," this term can be used to describe a geographical area, similar to "medinah." The use of "medinah" in the Hebrew Bible highlights the importance of organized governance and the division of territories for effective administration, reflecting the political realities of the ancient world. Usage: The word "medinah" is used in the Hebrew Bible to describe various types of administrative regions or districts. It often refers to areas governed by a specific authority or jurisdiction, such as provinces within a larger kingdom or empire. Context: • The term "medinah" appears in several contexts within the Hebrew Bible, often indicating a region or district with its own governance. It is used to describe the administrative divisions within the Persian Empire, as seen in the Book of Esther and the Book of Ezra. • In Esther 1:1 (BSB), the term is used to describe the vast extent of King Ahasuerus's empire: "This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush." • In Ezra 2:1 (BSB), it refers to the regions from which the exiles returned: "Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon." • The concept of "medinah" underscores the structured and hierarchical nature of ancient Near Eastern governance, where large empires were divided into smaller, manageable units, each with its own local administration. 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 Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts 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.