Word

מְדִינָה

mᵉdîynâh · H4082 · Hebrew · 53 occurrences

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Meanings

district, province

An adminstrative division of a country or a city

Examples
1 Kings 20:14 But Ahab said, “By whom?” So he said, “The LORD says this: ‘By the young men of the leaders of the provinces.’” Then he said, “Who will begin the battle?” And he said, “You will.”
1 Kings 20:15 So he mustered the young men of the leaders of the provinces, and there were 232; and after them he mustered all the people, all the sons of Israel: seven thousand.
1 Kings 20:17 The young men of the leaders of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out scouts, and they reported to him, saying, “Men have come out from Samaria.”

How it’s used In 5 roles

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

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

12 occurrences in 2 groups

מֶלֶךְking 10
מַלְכוּתkingdom, reign, kingship 2

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

4 occurrences in 3 groups

שֶׁבַעseven 3
הֹדוּIndia 1
כּוּשׁCush 1

Named alongside itApposition

6 occurrences in 4 groups

מְדִינָהprovince 2
מָקוֹםplace 2
מַלְכוּתkingdom, reign, kingship 1
עֵילָםElam 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

31 occurrences in 5 groups

בin/on/with 37
אֵלto, toward 8
עַלon, upon, over, against 2
לto/for 2
מִןfrom 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

15 occurrences in 8 groups

שַׂרcommander, chief, official 7
בֵּןson 2
חַיִלarmy, wealth, strength 1
מַשְׁמָןfatness, stout ones 1
סְגֻלָּהtreasured possession, treasure 1
עַםpeople 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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In the other Testament 1 word

χώρα chṓra · G5561 · land, region, territory: χώρα (chṓra, G5561) renders the territorial/administrative sense of מְדִינָה (mᵉdîynâh, H4082) (מְדִינָה, 'province') in LXX contexts where both denote a defined region or district, though χώρα encompasses a broader semantic range ('space of territory') while מְדִינָה (mᵉdîynâh, H4082) more specifically denotes administrative provinces (particularly in Persian imperial contexts per Esther, Daniel, Ezra).

Semantic domains 1 entry

Land001002002: מְדִינָה denotes a province or administrative district, as in Esther 1:1's "127 provinces" of the Persian empire, placing it among terms for a territorial division of land.

Word family 11 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

דִּין dîyn · H1777 · to judge, to pass judgment · 24×מְדִינָהmᵉdîynâh · H4082דִּין dîyn · H1779 · judgment, justice, case · 20×מְדִינָה mᵉdîynâh · H4083 · province · 11×מָדוֹן mâdôwn · H4066 · strife, contention, quarrel · 10×מִדְיָן midyân · H4079 · strife, contention, quarrel · 10×דִּין dîyn · H1780 · judgement · 5×דַּיָּן dayân · H1781 · judge · 2×מְדָן mᵉdân · H4090 · discord, strife · 2×דִּין dîyn · H1778 · judge · 1×דַּיָּן dayân · H1782 · judge · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4082. medinah מְדִינָה noun feminine province (an Aramaic word, compare Syriac , Arabic…

H4082. medinah
מְדִינָה noun feminine province (an Aramaic word, compare Syriac , Arabic city) **compare also Old Aramaic מדינתא city, Palmyrene מדיתא city, suffix מדיתהון, plural מדינתא SAC70 Lzb306 Cooke266. — Est 1:1 28t.; plural מְדִינוֺת 1Ki 20:14 1Ki 20:23t.; — a district of an empire,
1 districts of realm of Ahab with שׂרים over them 1Ki 20:14-15, 1Ki 20:17, 1Ki 20:19.
2 of the Babylonian empire: Eze 19:8; Dan 8:2 (of Elam); בַּמְּדִינוֺת שָׂרָתִי princess among the provinces Lam 1:1 (of Judea).
3 of the Persian empire Est 1:1 + often; one of which was Palestine, Neh 1:3; the returning exiles, הַמְּדִינָה בְּנֵי children of the province Ezr 2:1; Neh 7:6 having הַמְּדִינָה רָאשֵׁי Neh 11:3.
4 provinces in General Ecc 2:8; Ecc 5:7; מְדִינָה בְּמִשְׁמַנֵּי in the fat places of the province Dan 11:24 (fertile regions, probably Egypt; other translations see in Bev.)

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

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Land50 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