Definition
of foreign derivation; Madai, a country of central Asia
Traditional renderings: Madai, Medes, Media.
Traditional renderings: Madai, Medes, Media.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
16 total
- Genesis 10:2וּמָדַ֖י · MadaiThe sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
- 2 Kings 17:6מָדָֽי׃פ · of the MedesIn the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
- 2 Kings 18:11מָדָֽי׃ · of the MedesThe king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
- 1 Chronicles 1:5וּמָדַ֖י · MadaiThe sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
- Esther 1:3וּמָדַ֗י · and MediaIn the third year of his reign, Xerxes held a feast for all his officials and servants. The military leaders of Persia and Media were there, along with the nobles and princes of the provinces.
- Esther 1:14וּמָדַ֗י · and MediaHis closest advisors were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media who had personal access to the king and ranked highest in the kingdom.
- Esther 1:18וּמָדַ֗י · and MediaThis very day the noble women of Persia and Media who have heard about the queen’s conduct will say the same thing to all the king’s officials, resulting in much contempt and wrath.
- Esther 1:19וּמָדַ֖י · and MediaSo if it pleases the king, let him issue a royal decree, and let it be recorded in the laws of Persia and Media so that it cannot be repealed, that Vashti shall never again enter the presence of King Xerxes, and that her royal position shall be given to a woman better than she.
- Esther 10:2מָדַ֥י · of MediaAnd all of Mordecai’s powerful and magnificent accomplishments, together with the full account of the greatness to which the king had raised him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia?
- Isaiah 13:17מָדָ֑י · the MedesBehold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.
- Isaiah 21:2מָדַ֔י · O MediaA dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”
- Jeremiah 25:25מָדָֽי׃ · Media…all the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media;
- Jeremiah 51:11מָדַ֔י · of the MedesSharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD—vengeance for His temple.
- Jeremiah 51:28מָדַ֔י · of the MedesPrepare the nations for battle against her—the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their officials, and all the lands they rule.
- Daniel 8:20מָדַ֥י · of MediaThe two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia.
- Daniel 9:1מָדָ֑י · a MedeIn the first year of Darius son of Xerxes, a Mede by descent, who was made ruler over the kingdom of the Chaldeans—