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. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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:

  9. Esther 8:9 הַמְּדִינ֜וֹת ha.me.di.Not · A person, place or thing

    Then were the king's scribes called at that time, in the third month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, a hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

  10. Esther 8:9 מְדִינָ֔ה me.di.Nah · A person, place or thing

    Then were the king's scribes called at that time, in the third month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, a hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

  11. Esther 8:9 מְדִינָ֤ה me.di.Nah · A person, place or thing

    Then were the king's scribes called at that time, in the third month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, a hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

  12. Esther 8:9 וּמְדִינָה֙ u.me.di.Nah · A person, place or thing

    Then were the king's scribes called at that time, in the third month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, a hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

  13. Esther 8:11 וּמְדִינָ֛ה u.me.di.Nah · A person, place or thing

    wherein the king granted the Jews that were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, their little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,

  14. Esther 8:12 מְדִינ֖וֹת me.di.Not · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

  15. Esther 8:13 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, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

  16. Esther 8:13 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, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

  17. Esther 8:17 מְדִינָ֨ה me.di.Nah · A person, place or thing

    And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had gladness and joy, a feast and a good day. And many from among the peoples of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews was fallen upon them.

  18. Esther 8:17 וּמְדִינָ֜ה u.me.di.Nah · A person, place or thing

    And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had gladness and joy, a feast and a good day. And many from among the peoples of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews was fallen upon them.

  19. Esther 9:2 מְדִינוֹת֙ me.di.nOt · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    the Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them was fallen upon all the peoples.

  20. Esther 9:3 הַמְּדִינ֜וֹת ha.me.di.Not · A person, place or thing

    And all the princes of the provinces, and the satraps, and the governors, and they that did the king's business, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai was fallen upon them.

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