Mᵉdîynâh — H4083

Definition

feminine noun

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

1. district, province

Usually translated as

province

Origin

(Aramaic) corresponding to H4082

• Mᵉdîynâh (H4082)

Occurrences

Mᵉdîynâh occurs 11 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (4), Daniel (7)

• Ezra 4:15 — That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces (וּמְדִנָ֔ן), and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.
• Ezra 5:8 — Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province (מְדִֽינְתָּא֙) of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.
• Ezra 6:2 — And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province (מְדִינְתָּ֖ה) of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:
• Ezra 7:16 — And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province (מְדִינַ֣ת) of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem:
• Daniel 2:48 — Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province (מְדִינַ֣ת) of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.
• Daniel 2:49 — Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province (מְדִינַ֣ת) of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.
• Daniel 3:1 — Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province (בִּמְדִינַ֖ת) of Babylon.
• Daniel 3:2 — Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces (מְדִֽינָתָ֑א), to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
• Daniel 3:3 — Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces (מְדִֽינָתָ֔א), were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
• Daniel 3:12 — There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province (מְדִינַ֣ת) of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
• Daniel 3:30 — Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, in the province (בִּמְדִינַ֥ת) of Babylon.