Story
מִדְרָשׁStrong’s H4097midrash (mid-rash)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Midrash is the Hebrew word usually translated “record of”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.”
Meaning
- Study, exposition, midrash, record, storywritings of a didactic nature · midrash-transliteration of the Hebrew word
How it's translated
- in record of 1
- record of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Chronicles 2
1 book in all.
Related words
Hebrew dictionary
מִדְרָשׁ midrash · story
1) study, exposition, midrash, record, story 1a) writings of a didactic nature 1b) midrash-transliteration of the Hebrew word
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “story” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
STORY, noun
[Latin, Gr.]
- A verbal narration or recital of a series of facts or incidents.
- A written narrative of a series of facts or events.
- History; a written narrative or account of past transactions, whether relating to nations or individuals.
- Petty tale; relation of a single incident or of trifling incidents.
All definitions and other forms of “story”
- A trifling tale; a fiction; a fable; as the story of a fairy.
- A loft; a floor; or a set of rooms on the same floor or level.
STORY, verb transitive
- To tell in historical relation; to narrate.
- To range one under another. [Little used.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.