Strong H4074H4074Hמָדַי

Media

Transliteration: mâday
Pronunciation: maw-dah'ee
Morphology: Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

Media (Medes), an ancient kingdom in western Iran that, along with Persia, conquered Babylon and formed the Persian Empire (2 Kings 17:6; 18:11; Esther 1:3, 14, 18; 10:2; Isaiah 21:2; Jeremiah 25:25; Daniel 8:20).

Meaning of the name

Media = "middle land"

General definition

Of foreign derivation;
{Madai} a country of central Asia: - {Madai} {Medes} Media.

In the biblical story

Media

An ancient kingdom; part of the Persian Empire

In the Bible

Strong H4074H appears in 7 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

media6
medes1

First verses

Esther 1:3
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
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
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 10:2
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 21:2
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 25:25
And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,
Daniel 8:20
The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.