Hebrew noun (Aramaic, feminine) · H4083
מְדִינָה
medinahmed-ee-naw'
province
11 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 H4083is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 8spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4083
{properly, a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region}
The King James renders it: 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 11 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Daniel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ezra 4:15that a search should be made of the record books of your fathers. In these books you will discover and verify that the city is a rebellious city, harmful to kings and provinces, inciting sedition from ancient times. That is why this city was destroyed.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
that a search should be made of the record books of your fathers. In these books you will discover and verify that the city is a rebellious city, harmful to kings and provinces, inciting sedition from ancient times. That is why this city was destroyed.
Ezra 4:15וּמְדִנָ֔ן
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- province of4
- in province of2
- province the2
- provinces the2
- and provinces1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מְדִינָה | medinah | province | Uses53 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 11, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 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
- מְדִינַ֣ת4
- בִּמְדִינַ֖ת1
- בִּמְדִינַ֥ת1
- וּמְדִנָ֔ן1
- מְדִֽינְתָּא֙1
- מְדִֽינָתָ֑א1
- מְדִֽינָתָ֔א1
- מְדִינְתָּ֖ה1
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)4ANcfsc
- noun · feminine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)2ANcfpd/Ta
- noun · feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)2ANcfsd/Ta
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)2AR/Ncfsc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural1AC/Ncfpa
Ezra
four uses
that a search should be made of the record books of your fathers. In these books you will discover and verify that the city is a rebellious city, harmful to kings and provinces, inciting sedition from ancient times. That is why this city was destroyed.
- וּמְדִנָ֔ןumedinanconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and provinces
Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. The people are rebuilding it with large stones, and placing timbers in the walls. This work is being carried out diligently and is prospering in their hands.
- מְדִֽינְתָּא֙medineta'noun · feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: province the
And a scroll was found in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, with the following written on it: Memorandum:
- מְדִינְתָּ֖הmedinetah'noun · feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: province the
together with all the silver and gold you may find in all the province of Babylon, as well as the freewill offerings of the people and priests to the house of their God in Jerusalem.
- מְדִינַ֣תmedinatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: province of
Daniel
seven uses
Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many generous gifts. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and chief administrator over all the wise men of Babylon.
- מְדִינַ֣תmedinatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: province of
And at Daniel’s request, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to manage the province of Babylon, while Daniel remained in the king’s court.
- מְדִינַ֣תmedinatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: province of
King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
- בִּמְדִינַ֖תbimdinatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in province of
Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent word to assemble the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the other officials of the provinces to attend the dedication of the statue he had set up.
- מְדִֽינָתָ֑אmedinata'noun · feminine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: provinces the
So the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the rulers of the provinces assembled for the dedication of the statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up, and they stood before it.
- מְדִֽינָתָ֔אmedinata'noun · feminine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: provinces the
But there are some Jews you have appointed to manage the province of Babylon—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego—who have ignored you, O king, and have refused to serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up.”
- מְדִינַ֣תmedinatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: province of
Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.
- בִּמְדִינַ֥תbimdinatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in province of
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.