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Hebrew noun (feminine) · H4082

מְדִינָה

medinahmed-ee-naw'

province

53 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: mᵉdîynâh

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4082is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 8 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 32
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H4082

properly, a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region

The King James renders it: ([idiom] every) province.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

medinah is rendered "province". It stands 53 times in the Hebrew text, across eight books.

  • Thirty-nine of the uses stand in Esther, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Kings 20:14“By whom?” Ahab asked. And the prophet replied, “This is what the LORD says: ‘By the young officers of the district governors.’” “Who will start the battle?” asked Ahab. “You will,” answered the prophet.
  • The Greek text spells it thirty-two different ways.

The first use

“By whom?” Ahab asked. And the prophet replied, “This is what the LORD says: ‘By the young officers of the district governors.’” “Who will start the battle?” asked Ahab. “You will,” answered the prophet.

1 Kings 20:14הַמְּדִינ֑וֹת

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Thirty-nine of the word's fifty-three uses are in Esther.

The other 31 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • province13
  • provinces of11
  • and province10
  • the provinces8
  • the province4
  • in the province2
  • among the provinces1
  • and the provinces1
  • for the provinces1
  • from provinces1
  • in provinces of1

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

מְדִינָהmedinahprovinceUses11

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

The words it stands beside

All 53, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

32 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • מְדִינָ֣ה4
  • מְדִינ֣וֹת4
  • הַמְּדִינ֑וֹת3
  • וּמְדִינָה֙3
  • מְדִינָ֤ה3
  • הַמְּדִינָ֗ה2
  • הַמְּדִינ֖וֹת2
  • הַמְּדִינ֜וֹת2
  • וּמְדִינָ֗ה2
  • וּמְדִינָ֔ה2
  • מְדִינָ֔ה2
  • מְדִינ֖וֹת2

and 20 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · feminine singular13HNcfsa
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)11HNcfpc
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular10HC/Ncfsa
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural8HTd/Ncfpa
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular4HTd/Ncfsa
  • preposition with the article + noun · feminine plural2HRd/Ncfpa
  • preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular2HRd/Ncfsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural1HC/Td/Ncfpa
  • preposition + noun · feminine plural1HR/Ncfpa
  • preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncfpc

1 Kings

four uses
  • “By whom?” Ahab asked. And the prophet replied, “This is what the LORD says: ‘By the young officers of the district governors.’” “Who will start the battle?” asked Ahab. “You will,” answered the prophet.

    1 Kings 20:14

    • הַמְּדִינ֑וֹתhamedinotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the provinces
  • So Ahab assembled the young officers of the district governors, and there were 232 men. And after them, he assembled the rest of the Israelite troops, 7,000 in all.

    1 Kings 20:15

    • הַמְּדִינ֔וֹתhamedinotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the provinces
  • And the young officers of the district governors marched out first. Now Ben-hadad had sent out scouts, who reported to him, “Men are marching out of Samaria.”

    1 Kings 20:17

    • הַמְּדִינ֖וֹתhamedinotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the provinces
  • Meanwhile, these young officers of the district governors marched out of the city, with the army behind them,

    1 Kings 20:19

    • הַמְּדִינ֑וֹתhamedinotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the provinces

Ezra

one use
  • Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,

    Ezra 2:1

    • הַמְּדִינָ֗הhamedinahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the province

Nehemiah

three uses
  • And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”

    Nehemiah 1:3

    • בַּמְּדִינָ֔הbamedinahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the province
  • These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,

    Nehemiah 7:6

    • הַמְּדִינָ֗הhamedinahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the province
  • These are the heads of the provinces who settled in Jerusalem. (In the villages of Judah, however, each lived on his own property in their towns—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants—

    Nehemiah 11:3

    • הַמְּדִינָ֔הhamedinahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the province

Esther

thirty-nine uses
  • This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.

    Esther 1:1

    • מְדִינָֽה׃medinahnoun · feminine singulartagged: province
  • In the third year of his reign, Xerxes held a feast for all his officials and servants. The military leaders of Persia and Media were there, along with the nobles and princes of the provinces.

    Esther 1:3

    • הַמְּדִינ֖וֹתhamedinotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the provinces
  • And in the presence of the king and his princes, Memucan replied, “Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king, but all the princes and the peoples in all the provinces of King Xerxes.

    Esther 1:16

    • מְדִינ֖וֹתmedinotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: provinces of
  • He sent letters to all the provinces of the kingdom, to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, proclaiming that every man should be master of his own household.

    Esther 1:22

    • מְדִינ֣וֹתmedinotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: provinces of
    • מְדִינָ֤הmedinahnoun · feminine singulartagged: province
    • וּמְדִינָה֙umedinahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and province
  • and let the king appoint commissioners in each province of his kingdom to assemble all the beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the women, and let them be given beauty treatments.

    Esther 2:3

    • מְדִינ֣וֹתmedinotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: provinces of
  • Then the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his officials and servants. He proclaimed a tax holiday in the provinces and gave gifts worthy of the king’s bounty.

    Esther 2:18

    • לַמְּדִינוֹת֙lamedinotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: for the provinces
  • Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.

    Esther 3:8

    • מְדִינ֣וֹתmedinotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: provinces of
  • On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.

    Esther 3:12

    • מְדִינָ֣הmedinahnoun · feminine singulartagged: province
    • וּמְדִינָ֗הumedinahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and province
    • מְדִינָ֤הmedinahnoun · feminine singulartagged: province
    • וּמְדִינָה֙umedinahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and province
  • And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.

    Esther 3:13

    • מְדִינ֣וֹתmedinotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: provinces of
  • A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued in every province and published to all the people, so that they would be ready on that day.

    Esther 3:14

    • מְדִינָ֣הmedinahnoun · feminine singulartagged: province
    • וּמְדִינָ֔הumedinahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and province
  • In every province to which the king’s command and edict came, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

    Esther 4:3

    • מְדִינָ֣הmedinahnoun · feminine singulartagged: province
    • וּמְדִינָ֗הumedinahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and province
  • “All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned—that he be put to death. Only if the king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days.”

    Esther 4:11

    • מְדִינ֨וֹתmedinotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: provinces of
  • “If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter seems proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order be written to revoke the letters that the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.

    Esther 8:5

    • מְדִינ֥וֹתmedinotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: provinces of
  • At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush—writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.

    Esther 8:9

    • הַמְּדִינ֜וֹתhamedinotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the provinces
    • מְדִינָ֔הmedinahnoun · feminine singulartagged: province
    • מְדִינָ֤הmedinahnoun · feminine singulartagged: province
    • וּמְדִינָה֙umedinahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and province
  • By these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions.

    Esther 8:11

    • וּמְדִינָ֛הumedinahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and province
  • The single day appointed throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.

    Esther 8:12

    • מְדִינ֖וֹתmedinotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: provinces of
  • A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued in every province and published to all the people, so that the Jews would be ready on that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

    Esther 8:13

    • מְדִינָ֣הmedinahnoun · feminine singulartagged: province
    • וּמְדִינָ֔הumedinahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and province
  • In every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves became Jews, because the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.

    Esther 8:17

    • מְדִינָ֨הmedinahnoun · feminine singulartagged: province
    • וּמְדִינָ֜הumedinahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and province
  • In each of the provinces of King Xerxes, the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who sought to harm them. No man could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen upon all peoples.

    Esther 9:2

    • מְדִינוֹת֙medinotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: provinces of
  • And all the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and the king’s administrators helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them.

    Esther 9:3

    • הַמְּדִינ֜וֹתhamedinotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the provinces
  • For Mordecai exercised great power in the palace, and his fame spread throughout the provinces as he became more and more powerful.

    Esther 9:4

    • הַמְּדִינ֑וֹתhamedinotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the provinces
  • who said to Queen Esther, “In the citadel of Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men, including Haman’s ten sons. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces? Now what is your petition? It will be given to you. And what further do you request? It will be fulfilled.”

    Esther 9:12

    • מְדִינ֥וֹתmedinotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: provinces of
  • The rest of the Jews in the royal provinces also assembled to defend themselves and rid themselves of their enemies. They killed 75,000 who hated them, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.

    Esther 9:16

    • בִּמְדִינ֨וֹתbimdinotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in provinces of
  • Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews in all the provinces of King Xerxes, both near and far,

    Esther 9:20

    • מְדִינוֹת֙medinotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: provinces of
  • These days should be remembered and celebrated by every generation, family, province, and city, so that these days of Purim should not fail to be observed among the Jews, nor should the memory of them fade from their descendants.

    Esther 9:28

    • מְדִינָ֥הmedinahnoun · feminine singulartagged: province
    • וּמְדִינָ֖הumedinahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and province
  • And Mordecai sent letters with words of peace and truth to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Xerxes,

    Esther 9:30

    • מְדִינָ֔הmedinahnoun · feminine singulartagged: province

Ecclesiastes

two uses
  • and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.

    Ecclesiastes 2:8

    • וְהַמְּדִינ֑וֹתvehamedinotconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and the provinces
  • If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.

    Ecclesiastes 5:8

    • בַמְּדִינָ֔הvamedinahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the province

Lamentations

one use
  • How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.

    Lamentations 1:1

    • בַּמְּדִינ֔וֹתbamedinotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: among the provinces

Ezekiel

one use
  • Then the nations set out against him from the provinces on every side. They spread their net over him; he was trapped in their pit.

    Ezekiel 19:8

    • מִמְּדִינ֑וֹתmimedinotpreposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: from provinces

Daniel

two uses
  • And in the vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa, in the province of Elam. I saw in the vision that I was beside the Ulai Canal.

    Daniel 8:2

    • הַמְּדִינָ֑הhamedinahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the province
  • In a time of peace, he will invade the richest provinces and do what his fathers and forefathers never did. He will lavish plunder, loot, and wealth on his followers, and he will plot against the strongholds—but only for a time.

    Daniel 11:24

    • מְדִינָה֮medinahnoun · feminine singulartagged: province

The letters

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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