Strong H4076H4076Gמָדַי
Mede
One of the 2 senses of Strong H4076
- Transliteration
- mâday
- Pronunciation
- maw-dah'ee
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location in Gentilic sense
Definition
also called Mede frequently
Aramaic of me.dan (מְדָן "Medan" H4091)
Aramaic of me.dan (מְדָן "Medan" H4091)
Meaning of the name
Medes = "middle land"
General definition
(Chaldee); corresponding to H4074 : - Mede (-s).
In the biblical story
Medan
Son of Abraham and Keturah.
Medan was a son of Abraham and his concubine Keturah (Gen.25.2; 1Ch.1.32).
In the Bible
Strong H4076G appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- medes4
First verses
- Daniel 5:28PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
- Daniel 6:8Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
- Daniel 6:12Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
- Daniel 6:15Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.