מְדִינָה

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)

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1. Esther 1:1 מְדִינָֽה׃ me.di.Nah · A person, place or thing

   Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even unto Ethiopia, over a hundred and seven and twenty provinces),

2. Esther 1:3 הַמְּדִינ֖וֹת ha.me.di.Not · A person, place or thing

   in the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him;

3. Esther 1:16 מְדִינ֖וֹת me.di.Not · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

   And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the peoples that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.

4. Esther 1:22 מְדִינ֣וֹת me.di.Not · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

   for he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and should speak according to the language of his people.

5. Esther 1:22 מְדִינָ֤ה me.di.Nah · A person, place or thing

   for he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and should speak according to the language of his people.

6. Esther 1:22 וּמְדִינָה֙ u.me.di.Nah · A person, place or thing

   for he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and should speak according to the language of his people.

7. Esther 2:3 מְדִינ֣וֹת me.di.Not · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

   and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hegai the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them;

8. Esther 2:18 לַמְּדִינוֹת֙ la.me.di.nOt · A person, place or thing

   Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the bounty of the king.

9. Esther 3:8 מְדִינ֣וֹת me.di.Not · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

   And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from those of every people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.

10. Esther 3:12 מְדִינָ֣ה me.di.Nah · A person, place or thing

    Then were the king's scribes called in the first month, on the thirteenth day thereof; and there was written according to all that Haman commanded unto the king's satraps, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the princes of every people, to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and it was sealed with the king's ring.

11. Esther 3:12 וּמְדִינָ֗ה u.me.di.Nah · A person, place or thing

    Then were the king's scribes called in the first month, on the thirteenth day thereof; and there was written according to all that Haman commanded unto the king's satraps, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the princes of every people, to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and it was sealed with the king's ring.

12. Esther 3:12 מְדִינָ֤ה me.di.Nah · A person, place or thing

    Then were the king's scribes called in the first month, on the thirteenth day thereof; and there was written according to all that Haman commanded unto the king's satraps, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the princes of every people, to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and it was sealed with the king's ring.

13. Esther 3:12 וּמְדִינָה֙ u.me.di.Nah · A person, place or thing

    Then were the king's scribes called in the first month, on the thirteenth day thereof; and there was written according to all that Haman commanded unto the king's satraps, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the princes of every people, to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and it was sealed with the king's ring.

14. Esther 3:13 מְדִינ֣וֹת me.di.Not · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.

15. Esther 3:14 מְדִינָ֣ה me.di.Nah · A person, place or thing

    A copy of the writing, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published unto all the peoples, that they should be ready against that day.

16. Esther 3:14 וּמְדִינָ֔ה u.me.di.Nah · A person, place or thing

    A copy of the writing, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published unto all the peoples, that they should be ready against that day.

17. Esther 4:3 מְדִינָ֣ה me.di.Nah · A person, place or thing

    And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

18. Esther 4:3 וּמְדִינָ֗ה u.me.di.Nah · A person, place or thing

    And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

19. Esther 4:11 מְדִינ֨וֹת me.di.Not · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law for him, that he be put to death, except those to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.

20. Esther 8:5 מְדִינ֥וֹת me.di.Not · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And she said, If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews that are in all the king's provinces:

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