Word Study · Strong's H4076 · Hebrew
מָדַי
Maday
maw-dah'-ee
Strong's 1890 spelling: Mâday
“{Madai, a country of central Asia}”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
{Madai, a country of central Asia}
Rendered in the KJV as
Mede(-s).
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- מָדַ֥י2
- בְּמָדַ֥י1
- לְמָדַ֥י1
- לְמָדַ֣י1
How it is rendered · 4
- [the] Medes2
- [is] in Media1
- of [the] Medes1
- to Medes1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- preposition + proper noun (a name)3
- proper noun (a name)2
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- AR/Npl · 3
- ANpl · 2
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Where this word lives
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Daniel4 occurrences
- Daniel 5:28לְמָדַ֥יlemadaipreposition + proper noun (a name)PERES means that your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.”here: to Medes
- Daniel 6:8מָדַ֥יmadaiproper noun (a name)Therefore, O king, establish the decree and sign the document so that it cannot be changed—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.”here: [the] Medes
- Daniel 6:12מָדַ֥יmadaiproper noun (a name)So they approached the king and asked about his royal decree: “Did you not sign a decree that for thirty days any man who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions?” The king replied, “According to the law of the Medes and Persians the order stands, and it cannot be repealed.”here: [the] Medes
- Daniel 6:15לְמָדַ֣יlemadaipreposition + proper noun (a name)Then the men approached the king together and said to him, “Remember, O king, that by the law of the Medes and Persians no decree or ordinance established by the king can be changed.”here: of [the] Medes
Same headword in Strong's