BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6578
pe.rat — Euphrates
§ Euphrates = "fruitfulness" the largest and longest river of western Asia; rises from two chief sources in the Armenian mountains and flows into the Persian Gulf
18 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4074
ma.day — Madai
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.2; son of: Japheth (H3315); brother of: Gomer (H1586), Magog (H4031), Javan (H3120), Tubal (H8422), Meshech (H4902) and Tiras (H8494) § Media or Medes or Madai = "middle land" 1) a people descended from the son of Japheth and who inhabited the territory of Media 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
16 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4076
ma.day — Mede
also called Mede frequently Aramaic of me.dan (מְדָן "Medan" H4091) § Medes = "middle land" 1) the territory inhabited by the Medes 2a) 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
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4902
me.shekh — Meshech
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.2; son of: Japheth (H3315); brother of: Gomer (H1586), Magog (H4031), Madai (H4074), Javan (H3120), Tubal (H8422) and Tiras (H8494) § Mesech or Meshech = "drawing out" 1) son of Japheth, grandson of Noah, and progenitor of peoples to the north of Israel 1a) descendants of Mesech often mentioned in connection with Tubal, Magog, and other northern nations including the Moschi, a people on the borders of Colchis and Armenia
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H780
a.ra.rat — Ararat
§ Ararat = "the curse reversed: precipitation of curse" a mountainous region of eastern Armenia, between the river Araxes and the lakes Van and Oroomiah, the site where Noah's ark came to rest
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8425
to.gar.mah — Togarmah
A man of the Gomerians living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.3; son of: Gomer (H1586); brother of: Ashkenaz (H0813) and Riphath (H7384A) § Togarmah = "thou wilt break her" 1) son of Gomer, grandson of Japheth, and great grandson of Noah n pr terr 2) territory settled by the descendants of Togarmah 2a) probably the area known as Armenia
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4075
ma.da.ah — Mede
also called Mede frequently Another spelling of me.dan (מְדָן "Medan" H4091) § Mede = "middle land" 1) an inhabitant of Media 1a) 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
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4508
min.ni — Minni
§ Minni = "division" a region in Armenia
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →High land, occurs only in Authorized Version, 2 Kings 19:37; in Revised Version, “Ararat,” which is the Hebrew word. A country in western Asia lying between the Caspian and the Black Sea. Here the ark of Noah rested after the Deluge (Gen. 8:4). It is for the most part high table-land, and is watered by the Aras, the Kur, the Euphrates, and the Tigris. Ararat was properly the name of a part of ancient Armenia. Three provinces of Armenia are mentioned in Jer. 51:27, Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz. Some, however, think Minni a contraction for Armenia. (See ARARAT.)
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
