Word

מָדַי

Mâday · H4074 · Hebrew · proper noun · 16 occurrences

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Place

Mediafirst named in Ezra 6:28 verses

Person

Madaifirst named in Genesis 10:22 verses

Meanings

Madai

A son of Japheth, regarded as the founder of the Medians

Examples
Genesis 10:2 The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
1 Chronicles 1:5 The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
A nation and their territory; regarded as founded by Madai; the empire was consolidated in the 6th-5th and stretched from Mesopotamia to Turkey (Mede(s), Media)

Examples
2 Kings 17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and led the people of Israel into exile to Assyria, and settled them in Halah and Habor, on the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
2 Kings 18:11 Then the king of Assyria led Israel into exile to Assyria, and put them in Halah and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
Esther 1:3 in the third year of his reign he held a banquet for all his officials and attendants, the army officers of Persia and Media, the nobles and the officials of his provinces, in his presence.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 3 groups

זָהָבgold 1
חָפֵץto like, to be pleased, to desire 1
חָשַׁבto think about 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

עוּרto awake, to stir up 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

2 occurrences in 1 groups

בֵּןson 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

12 occurrences in 7 groups

מֶלֶךְking 5
עִירcity, town 2
דָּתlaw 1
זֶרַעoffspring, seed 1
חַיִלarmy, wealth, strength 1
שַׂרcommander, chief, official 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

מָדַי Mâday · H4076 · Mede: מָדַי (Mâday, H4076) מָדַי is a variant spelling of the same name as מָדַי (Mâday, H4074) מָדַי (Hebrew/Aramaic or alternate form), referring to the same referent and interchangeable in sense.

Semantic domains 3 entries

Names of People003001007: Madai names a son of Japheth, ancestor of the Medes, as in Genesis 10:2, placing it among personal names.
Names of Groups003001006: The same name designates the Median people descended from him, as in Esther 1:19's "the laws of Persia and Media," placing it among named peoples.
Names of Locations003001010: The name also designates the land of Media itself, as in 2 Kings 17:6's exile "to Halah and Habor, on the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes," placing it among place names.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4074. Maday מָדַי proper name, of a people et terr. Medes, Media (Old Persian Mâda…

H4074. Maday
מָדַי proper name, of a people et
terr. Medes, Media (Old Persian Mâda SpAPK, Assyrian Madai COTGloss, and on Genesis 10.. 2 DlPar. 247); —
1 people, as 'son' of Japhet Gen 10:2 (P) = 1Ch 1:5; as hostile power Isa 13:17; Isa 21:2; מָדַי זֶרַע Dan 9:1; land and people, מָדַי מַלְכֵי Jer 25:25 (+ עֵילָם מַלְכֵי), Jer 51:11, Jer 51:28; מ ׳מַלְכֵי וּפָרַס Dan 8:20; compare וּמָדַי מָּרַס Est 1:3, Est 1:14, Est 1:18, Est 1:19; Est 10:2; ᵐ5 Μαδαι.
2 of land alone = Media 2Ki 17:6; 2Ki 18:11 (both מָדָ֑י עָרֵי).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Names of Groups14 occurrences Names of People2 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0