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מָדַי H4074
H4074 is the Hebrew word מָדַי, transliterated Mâday and said maw-dah'-ee. The King James Version most often renders it medes.
What it means
Madai, a country of central Asia.
Where it comes from
of foreign derivation.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 15 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: Madai, Medes, Media.
Verses using מָדַי
All 15 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 10:2 · KJV
The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
2 Kings 17:6 · KJV
In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
2 Kings 18:11 · KJV
And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:
1 Chronicles 1:5 · KJV
The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
Esther 1:3 · KJV
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:
Esther 1:14 · KJV
And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king’s face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)
Esther 1:18 · KJV
Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king’s princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath.
Esther 1:19 · KJV
If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.
Esther 10:2 · KJV
And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
Isaiah 13:17 · KJV
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
Isaiah 21:2 · KJV
A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
Jeremiah 51:11 · KJV
Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.
Jeremiah 51:28 · KJV
Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.
Daniel 8:20 · KJV
The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.
Daniel 9:1 · KJV
In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;
Common questions
What does Strong's H4074 mean?
H4074 is the Hebrew word מָדַי (Mâday), meaning Madai, a country of central Asia.
How is H4074 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it medes (7 times), media (6 times), madai (2 times).
How many times does H4074 appear in the Bible?
מָדַי (Mâday) is tagged in 15 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H4074 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: of foreign derivation.
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