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Mede

מָדַיStrong’s H4076

maday (ma-day)

Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Maday is the Aramaic word usually translated “medes” and “media”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.

“PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.”
Daniel 5:28 KJV
Meaning
  1. The territory inhabited by the Medeslocated northwest of Persia proper, south and southwest of the Caspian Sea, east of Armenia and Assyria, and west and northwest of the great salt desert of Iram
How it's translated
  • medes 2
  • in media 1
  • to medes 1
  • of medes 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Daniel 4
  • Ezra 1

2 books in all.

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Aramaic dictionary

מָדַי maday · Mede

also called Mede frequently Aramaic of me.dan (מְדָן "Medan" H4091) § Medes = "middle land" 1) the territory inhabited by the Medes 2a) located northwest of Persia proper, south and southwest of the Caspian Sea, east of Armenia and Assyria, and west and northwest of the great salt desert of Iram

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.