Mede
מָדַיStrong’s H4091maday (ma-day)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Maday is the Hebrew word usually translated “medan”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.”
Meaning
- A people descended from the son of Japheth and who inhabited the territory of Media
- Land inhabited by the descendants of Japheth; 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
How it's translated
- medan 1
- and medan 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Hebrew dictionary
מָדַי maday · Mede
also called Mede frequently Group of me.dan (מְדָן "Medan" H4091) § Media or Medes or Madai = "middle land" 1) a people descended from the son of Japheth and who inhabited the territory of Media 2) land inhabited by the descendants of Japheth; 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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.