מְדִינָה medinah

Hebrew word for “province” · Strong’s H4082 · used 53 times in 40 verses

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Meaning

1) province, district; 1a) district; 1b) province; Aramaic equivalent: me.di.nah (מְדִינָה "province" H4083)

How it is translated

Glosses given for medinah in context, with how often each is used:

• provinces 26
• province 26
• among the provinces 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Esther 9 (8), Esther 8 (6), 1 Kings 20 (4), Esther 1 (4), Esther 3 (4), Esther 2 (2), Esther 4 (2), Ezra 2 (1), Nehemiah 1 (1), Nehemiah 7 (1)

Forms

• מדינה 13
• מדינות 11
• ומדינה 10
• המדינות 8
• המדינה 4
• במדינה 2
• במדינות 2
• למדינות 1
• והמדינות 1
• ממדינות 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with medinah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• יְהוּדִי yehudi “Jew” 14
• אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ achashverosh “Ahasuerus” 8
• דָּת dat “law” 6
• שַׂר sar “ruler” 10
• כְּתָב katav “writing” 5
• עִיר ir “city” 9
• אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפַּן achashdarpan “satrap” 3
• הָמָן haman “Haman” 4
• סֵפֶר sepher “scroll” 5
• מׇרְדֳּכַי mordekhay “Mordecai” 4
• שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 7
• נַעַר naar “youth” 5

Key verses

The verses using medinah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Ezra 2:1 — Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had…
• Nehemiah 1:3 — And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is…
• Esther 1:3 — In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces,…
• Esther 3:8 — And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their…
• Esther 3:12 — Then were the king’s scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king’s…
• Esther 3:13 — And the letters were sent by posts into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children…
• Esther 8:9 — Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written…
• Esther 8:17 — And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And…
• Ecclesiastes 2:8 — I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the…
• Ecclesiastes 5:8 — If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than…
• Lamentations 1:1 — How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces,…
• Daniel 8:2 — And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.