The meaning of “מָדַי”
Understanding Mâday reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
of foreign derivation Madai, Medes, Media. - § Media or Medes or Madai = "middle land" - Madai, a country of central Asi...
מָדַי
of foreign derivation Madai, Medes, Media. - § Media or Medes or Madai = "middle land" - Madai, a country of central Asia n pr m 1) a people descended from the son of Japheth and who inhabited the territory of Media n pr loc 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
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 10:2 | “The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.” Word: מָדַי (Mâday) | |
| 2 Kings 18:11 | “And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:” Word: מָדַי (Mâday) | |
| 1 Chronicles 1:5 | “The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.” Word: מָדַי (Mâday) | |
| 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.” Word: מָדַי (Mâday) | |
| 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.” Word: מָדַי (Mâday) |
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