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Lexicon :: Strong's H4082 - mᵊḏînâ

Aa
מְדִינָה
Transliteration
mᵊḏînâ
Pronunciation
med-ee-naw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 426d

Strong’s Definitions

מְדִינָה mᵉdîynâh, med-ee-naw'; from H1777; properly, a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region:—(× every) province.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x

The KJV translates Strong's H4082 in the following manner: province (44x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x
The KJV translates Strong's H4082 in the following manner: province (44x).

  1. province, district

    1. district

    2. province

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מְדִינָה mᵉdîynâh, med-ee-naw'; from H1777; properly, a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region:—(× every) province.
STRONGS H4082: Abbreviations
מְדִינָה noun feminine province (an Aramaic word, compare Syriac bdb019302, Arabic bdb019303 city) **compare also Old Aramaic מדינתא city, Palmyrene מדיתא city, suffix מדיתהון, plural מדינתא SAC70 Lzb306 Cooke266. — Esther 1:1 + 28 times; plural מְדִינוֺת 1 Kings 20:14 + 23 times; — a district of an empire,
1. districts of realm of Ahab with שׂרים over them 1 Kings 20:14, 15, 17, 19.
2. of the Babylonian empire: Ezekiel 19:8; Daniel 8:2 (of Elam); שָׂרָתִי בַּמְּדִינוֺת princess among the provinces Lamentations 1:1 (of Judea).
3. of the Persian empire Esther 1:1 + often; one of which was Palestine, Nehemiah 1:3; the returning exiles, בְּנֵי הַמְּדִינָה children of the province Ezra 2:1; Nehemiah 7:6 having רָאשֵׁי הַמְּדִינָה Nehemiah 11:3.
4. provinces in general Ecclesiastes 2:8; Ecclesiastes 5:7; בְּמִשְׁמַנֵּי מְדִינָה in the fat places of the province Daniel 11:24 (fertile regions, probably Egypt; other translations see in Bev.)

See related Aramaic BDB entry H4083.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

20:14; 20:14; 20:15; 20:17; 20:19

Ezra

2:1

Nehemiah

1:3; 7:6; 11:3

Esther

1:1; 1:1

Ecclesiastes

2:8; 5:7

Lamentations

1:1

Ezekiel

19:8

Daniel

8:2; 11:24

H4082

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4082 matches the Hebrew מְדִינָה (mᵊḏînâ),
which occurs 53 times in 40 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:14 - But Ahab H256 said H559, “By whom H4310?” So he said H559, “The LORD H3068 says H559 this H3541: ‘By the young H5288 men H5288 of the leaders H8269 of the provinces H4082.’” Then he said H559, “Who H4310 will begin H631 the battle H4421?” And he said H559, “You will.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:15 - So he mustered H6485 the young H5288 men H5288 of the leaders H8269 of the provinces H4082, and there were 232 H3967 H8147 H7970; and after H310 them he mustered H6485 all H3605 the people H5971, all H3605 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478: seven H7651 thousand H505.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:17 - The young H5288 men H5288 of the leaders H8269 of the provinces H4082 went H3318 out H3318 first H7223; and Ben-hadad H1130 sent H7971 out H7971 scouts, and they reported H5046 to him, saying H559, “Men H376 have come H3318 out H3318 from Samaria H8111.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:19

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So these H428 men went H3318 out H3318 from the city H5892, the young H5288 men H5288 of the leaders H8269 of the provinces H4082, and the army H2428 which H834 followed H310 them.

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Now these H428 are the [fn]people H1121 of the province H4082 who came H5927 up H5927 out of the captivity H7628 of the exiles H1473 whom H834 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had taken H1540 into H1540 exile H1540 to Babylon H894, and they returned H7725 to Jerusalem H3389 and Judah H3063, each H376 to his city H5892.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:3 - And they said H559 to me, “The remnant H7604 there H8033 in the province H4082 who H834 survived H7604 the captivity H7628 are in great H1419 distress H7451 and disgrace H2781, and the wall H2346 of Jerusalem H3389 is broken H6555 down H6555 and its gates H8179 have been burned H3341 with fire H784.”

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These H428 are the [fn]people H1121 of the province H4082 who came H5927 up H5927 from the captivity H7628 of the exiles H1473 whom H834 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had taken H1540 into H1540 exile H1540, and who returned H7725 to Jerusalem H3389 and Judah H3063, each H376 to his city H5892,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:3

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Now these H428 are the heads H7218 of the provinces H4082 who H834 lived H3427 in Jerusalem H3389, but in the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 each H376 lived H3427 on his own property H272 in their cities H5892—the [fn]Israelites H3478, the priests H3548, the Levites H3881, the [fn]temple H5411 servants H5411, and the [fn]descendants H1121 of Solomon’s H8010 servants H5650.

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Now it happened H1961 in the days H3117 of Ahasuerus H325, the Ahasuerus H325 who reigned H4427 from India H1912 to [fn]Cush H3568 over 127 H7651 H6242 H3967 provinces H4082,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:3 - in the third H7969 year H8141 of his reign H4427 he held H6213 a banquet H4960 for all H3605 his officials H8269 and attendants H5650, the army H2428 officers of Persia H6539 and Media H4074, the nobles H6579 and the officials H8269 of his provinces H4082, in his presence H6440.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:16 - And in the presence H6440 of the king H4428 and the other officials H8269, Memucan H4462 said H559, “Queen H4436 Vashti H2060 has wronged H5753 not only H905 the king H4428 but also all H3605 the officials H8269 and all H3605 the peoples H5971 who H834 are in all H3605 the provinces H4082 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:22 - So he sent H7971 letters H5612 to all H3605 the king’s H4428 provinces H4082, to each H4082 province H4082 according to its script H3791 and to every H5971 people H5971 according to their language H3956, that every H3605 man H376 was to be H8323 the H8323 ruler H8323 in his own house H1004 and the one who speaks H1696 in the language H3956 of his own people H5971.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3 - “And may the king H4428 appoint H6485 overseers H6496 in all H3605 the provinces H4082 of his kingdom H4438, and have them [fn]bring H6908 every H3605 beautiful H2896 H4758 young H5291 virgin H1330 to the citadel H1002 of Susa H7800, to the harem H1004 H802, into the custody H3027 of Hegai H1896, the king’s H4428 eunuch H5631, who is in H8104 charge H8104 of H8104 the women H802; and let their cosmetics H8562 be given H5414 to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:18 - Then the king H4428 held H6213 a great H1419 banquet H4960, Esther’s H635 banquet H4960, for all H3605 his officials H8269 and his servants H5650; he also made H6213 a holiday H2010 for the provinces H4082 and gave H5414 gifts H4864 in proportion to the king’s H4428 bounty H3027.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:8 - Then Haman H2001 said H559 to King H4428 Ahasuerus H325, “There H3426 is H3426 a certain H259 people H5971 scattered H6340 and dispersed H6504 among H996 the peoples H5971 in all H3605 the provinces H4082 of your kingdom H4438; their laws H1881 are different H8132 from those of all H3605 other people H5971 and they do not [fn]comply H6213 with H6213 the king’s H4428 laws H1881, so it is not in the king’s H4428 interest H7737 to let H5117 them remain H5117.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:12

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Then the king’s H4428 scribes H5608 were summoned H7121 on the thirteenth H7969 H6240 day H3117 of the first H7223 month H2320, and it was written H3789 just H3605 H834 as Haman H2001 commanded H6680 to the king’s H4428 satraps H323, to the governors H6346 who H834 were over H5921 each H4082 province H4082 and to the officials H8269 of each H5971 people H5971, each H4082 province H4082 according to its script H3791, each H5971 people H5971 according to its language H3956, being written H3789 in the name H8034 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 and sealed H2856 with the king’s H4428 signet H2885 ring H2885.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:13 - Letters H5612 were sent H7971 by couriers H7323 to all H3605 the king’s H4428 provinces H4082 to annihilate H8045, kill H2026, and destroy H6 all H3605 the Jews H3064, both H4480 young H5288 and old H2205, women H802 and children H2945, in one H259 day H3117, the thirteenth H7969 H6240 day of the twelfth H8147 H6240 month H2320, which H1931 is the month H2320 Adar H143, and to seize H962 their possessions H7998 as plunder H962.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:14 - A copy H6572 of the edict H3791 to be [fn]issued H5414 as law H1881 in every H3605 province H4082 was published H1540 to all H3605 the peoples H5971 so that they would be ready H6264 for this H2088 day H3117.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3 - In each H4082 and every H3605 province H4082 where H4725 H834 the command H1697 and decree H1881 of the king H4428 came H5060, there was great H1419 mourning H60 among the Jews H3064, with fasting H6685, weeping H1065, and mourning H4553 rites H4553; and many H7227 had H3331 sackcloth H8242 and ashes H665 spread H3331 out H3331 as H3331 a H3331 bed H3331.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:11 - “All H3605 the king’s H4428 servants H5650 and the people H5971 of the king’s H4428 provinces H4082 know H3045 that for any H3605 man H376 or woman H802 who H834 comes H935 to the king H4428 in the inner H6442 courtyard H2691, who H834 is not summoned H7121, he has only one H259 law H1881, that he be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191, unless H905 H4480 H834 the king H4428 holds H3447 out H3447 to him the golden H2091 scepter H8275 so that he may live H2421. And I have not been summoned H7121 to come H935 to the king H4428 for these H2088 thirty H7970 days H3117.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:5 - Then she said H559, “If H518 it pleases H5921 H2895 the king H4428 and if H518 I have found H4672 favor H2580 before H6440 him, and the matter H1697 seems proper H3787 to the king H4428 and I am pleasing H2896 in his sight H5869, let it be written H3789 to revoke H7725 the letters H5612 devised H4284 by Haman H2001, the son H1121 of Hammedatha H4099 the Agagite H91, which H834 he wrote H3789 to eliminate H6 the Jews H3064 who H834 are in all H3605 the king’s H4428 provinces H4082.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9

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So the king’s H4428 scribes H5608 were summoned H7121 at that time H6256 in the third H7992 month H2320 (that is, the month H2320 Sivan H5510), on the twenty-third H6242 H7969 [fn]day; and it was written H3789 in accordance with everything H3605 that Mordecai H4782 commanded H6680 the Jews H3064, the satraps H323, the governors H6346, and the officials H8269 of the provinces H4082 which H834 extended from India H1912 to [fn]Cush H3568, 127 H7651 H6242 H3967 provinces H4082, to every H4082 province H4082 according to its script H3791, and to every H5971 people H5971 according to their language H3956, as well as to the Jews H3064 according to their script H3791 and their language H3956.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:11 - [fn]In the letters the king H4428 granted H5414 the Jews H3064 who H834 were in each H5892 and every H3605 city H5892 the right to assemble H6950 and to defend H5975 their lives H5315, to destroy H8045, kill H2026, and eliminate H6 the entire H3605 army H2428 of any people H5971 or province H4082 which was going to attack H6696 them, including children H2945 and women H802, and to plunder H962 their spoils H7998,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:12 - on one H259 day H3117 in all H3605 the provinces H4082 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325, on the thirteenth H7969 H6240 day of the twelfth H8147 H6240 month H2320 (that is, the month H2320 Adar H143).

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:13 - A copy H6572 of the edict H3791 to be [fn]issued H5414 as law H1881 in each H4082 and every H3605 province H4082 was published H1540 to all H3605 the peoples H5971, so that the Jews H3064 would be ready H6264 for this H2088 day H3117 to avenge H5358 themselves on their enemies H340.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:17 - In each H4082 and every H3605 province H4082 and in each H5892 and every H3605 city H5892, wherever H4725 H834 the king’s H4428 commandment H1697 and his decree H1881 arrived H5060, there was joy H8057 and jubilation H8342 for the Jews H3064, a feast H4960 and a [fn]holiday H2896 H3117. And many H7227 among H4480 the peoples H5971 of the land H776 [fn]became H3054 Jews H3054, because H3588 the dread H6343 of the Jews H3064 had fallen H5307 on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:2 - The Jews H3064 assembled H6950 in their cities H5892 throughout H3605 the provinces H4082 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 to [fn]attack H7971 H3027 those who sought H1245 [fn]to harm H7451 them; and no H3808 one H376 could stand H5975 against H6440 them, because H3588 the dread H6343 of them had fallen H5307 on all H3605 the peoples H5971.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:3 - Even all H3605 the officials H8269 of the provinces H4082, the satraps H323, the governors H6346, and those who were doing H6213 the king’s H4428 business H4399 were supporting H5375 the Jews H3064, because H3588 the dread H6343 of Mordecai H4782 had fallen H5307 on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:4 - For Mordecai H4782 was great H1419 in the king’s H4428 house H1004, and the news H8089 about him spread H1980 throughout H3605 the provinces H4082; for the man H376 Mordecai H4782 became H1980 greater H1980 and greater H1419.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:12 - And the king H4428 said H559 to Queen H4436 Esther H635, “The Jews H3064 have killed H2026 and eliminated H6 five H2568 hundred H3967 men H376 and the ten H6235 sons H1121 of Haman H2001 at the citadel H1002 in Susa H7800. What H4100 have they done H6213 in the rest H7605 of the king’s H4428 provinces H4082! Now what H4100 is your request H7596? It shall also be granted H5414 you. And what H4100 is your further H5750 wish H1246? It shall also be done H6213.”

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Now the rest H7605 of the Jews H3064 who H834 were in the king’s H4428 provinces H4082 assembled H6950, to defend H5975 their lives H5315 and [fn]rid H5117 themselves H5117 of their enemies H340, and to kill H2026 seventy-five H2568 H7657 thousand H505 of those who hated H8130 them; but they did not lay H7971 their hands H3027 on the plunder H961.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:20

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Then Mordecai H4782 recorded H3789 these H428 events H1697, and he sent H7971 letters H5612 to all H3605 the Jews H3064 who H834 were in all H3605 the provinces H4082 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325, both near H7138 and far H7350,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:28 - So these H428 days H3117 were to be remembered H2142 and celebrated H6213 throughout every H1755 generation H1755, every H4940 family H4940, every H4082 province H4082, and every H5892 city H5892; and these H428 days H3117 of Purim H6332 were not to [fn]be neglected H5674 by the Jews H3064, or their memory H2143 [fn]fade H5486 from their [fn]descendants H2233.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:30 - He sent H7971 letters H5612 to all H3605 the Jews H3064, to the 127 H7651 H6242 H3967 provinces H4082 of the kingdom H4438 of Ahasuerus H325, namely, words H1697 of peace H7965 and truth H571,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:8 - I also H1571 amassed H3664 for myself silver H3701 and gold H2091, and the treasure H5459 of kings H4428 and provinces H4082. I provided H6213 for myself male and female singers H7891, and the pleasures H8588 of the sons H1121 of mankind H120: many H7705 concubines H7705.

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If H518 you see H7200 oppression H6233 of the poor H7326 and denial H1498 of justice H4941 and righteousness H6664 in the province H4082, do not be H8539 shocked H8539 at the [fn]sight H2656; for one [fn]official H1364 watches H8104 over H4480 H5921 another [fn]official H1364, and there are higher H1364 [fn]officials H1364 over H5921 them.

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How H351 lonely H910 sits H3427 the city H5892

That once had many H7227 people H5971!

She has become H1961 like a widow H490

Who was once great H7227 among the nations H1471!

She who was a princess H8282 among the [fn]provinces H4082

Has become H1961 a forced H4522 laborer H4522!

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‘Then nations H1471 set H5414 against H5921 him

On every H5439 side H5439 from their provinces H4082,

And they spread H6566 their net H7568 over H5921 him;

He was caught H8610 in their trap H7845.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:2 - I looked H7200 in the vision H2377, and while I was looking H7200, I was in the citadel H1002 of Susa H7800, which H834 is in the province H4082 of Elam H5867; and I looked H7200 in the vision H2377, and I myself H589 was beside H5921 the Ulai H195 Canal H180.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:24 - “[fn]In a time H7962 of H7962 tranquility H7962 he will enter H935 the richest H4924 parts of the [fn]realm H4082, and he will accomplish H6213 what H834 his fathers H1 did not, nor H3808 his [fn]ancestors H1; he will distribute H967 plunder H961, spoils H7998, and possessions H7399 among them, and he will devise H2803 his schemes H4284 against H5921 strongholds H4013, but only for a time H6256.
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