מְדִינָה

me.di.nah · province

Hebrew · Strong's H4082 · Noun · Sounds like: med-ee-naw' · 53 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

from דִּין; properly, a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region; ([idiom] every) province.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
מְדִינָה m.f. province
1. districts of realm of Ahab
2. of the Babylonian empire
3. of the Persian empire
4. provinces in general

Every occurrence

  1. Ecclesiastes 2:8 וְהַמְּדִינ֑וֹת ve.ha.me.di.Not · A person, place or thing

    I gathered me also silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces; I gat me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men, musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

  2. Ecclesiastes 5:8 בַמְּדִינָ֔ה va.me.di.Nah · A person, place or thing

    If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there are higher than they.

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