Mâday — H4076

Definition

masculine locative proper noun

Madai, a country of central Asia

1. Medes = "middle land"
2. n pr m
3. an inhabitant of Media
4. n pr loc
5. the territory inhabited by the Medes
1. located northwest of Persia proper, south and southwest of the Caspian Sea, east of Armenia and Assyria, and west and northwest of the great salt desert of Iram

Usually translated as

Medes, Mede

Origin

(Aramaic) corresponding to H4074

• Mâday (H4074)

Occurrences

Mâday occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (1), Daniel (4)

• Ezra 6:2 — And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes (בְּמָדַ֥י), a roll, and therein was a record thus written:
• Daniel 5:28 — PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes (לְמָדַ֥י) and Persians.
• Daniel 6:8 — Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes (מָדַ֥י) and Persians, which altereth not.
• Daniel 6:12 — Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes (מָדַ֥י) and Persians, which altereth not.
• Daniel 6:15 — Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes (לְמָדַ֣י) and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.