1) province, district 1a) district 1b) province Aramaic equivalent: me.di.nah (מְדִינָה "province" H4083)
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H4082 — מְדִינָה
me.di.nah · province · Hebrew/Aramaic
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1 Kings 20:14 · הַמְּדִינ֑וֹת“By whom?” Ahab asked. And the prophet replied, “This is what the LORD says: ‘By the young officers of the district governors.’” “Who will start the battle?” asked Ahab. “You will,” answered the prophet.1 Kings 20:15 · הַמְּדִינ֔וֹתSo Ahab assembled the young officers of the district governors, and there were 232 men. And after them, he assembled the rest of the Israelite troops, 7,000 in all.1 Kings 20:17 · הַמְּדִינ֖וֹתAnd the young officers of the district governors marched out first. Now Ben-hadad had sent out scouts, who reported to him, “Men are marching out of Samaria.”1 Kings 20:19 · הַמְּדִינ֑וֹתMeanwhile, these young officers of the district governors marched out of the city, with the army behind them,Ezra 2:1 · הַמְּדִינָ֗הNow these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,Nehemiah 1:3 · בַּמְּדִינָ֔הAnd they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.”Nehemiah 7:6 · הַמְּדִינָ֗הThese are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,Nehemiah 11:3 · הַמְּדִינָ֔הThese are the heads of the provinces who settled in Jerusalem. (In the villages of Judah, however, each lived on his own property in their towns—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants—Esther 1:1 · מְדִינָֽה׃This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.Esther 1:3 · הַמְּדִינ֖וֹתIn 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 1:16 · מְדִינ֖וֹתAnd in the presence of the king and his princes, Memucan replied, “Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king, but all the princes and the peoples in all the provinces of King Xerxes.Esther 1:22 · מְדִינ֣וֹת · מְדִינָ֤ה · וּמְדִינָה֙He sent letters to all the provinces of the kingdom, to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, proclaiming that every man should be master of his own household.Esther 2:3 · מְדִינ֣וֹתand let the king appoint commissioners in each province of his kingdom to assemble all the beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the women, and let them be given beauty treatments.Esther 2:18 · לַמְּדִינוֹת֙Then the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his officials and servants. He proclaimed a tax holiday in the provinces and gave gifts worthy of the king’s bounty.Esther 3:8 · מְדִינ֣וֹתThen Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.Esther 3:12 · מְדִינָ֣ה · וּמְדִינָ֗ה · מְדִינָ֤ה · וּמְדִינָה֙On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.Esther 3:13 · מְדִינ֣וֹתAnd the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.Esther 3:14 · מְדִינָ֣ה · וּמְדִינָ֔הA copy of the text of the edict was to be issued in every province and published to all the people, so that they would be ready on that day.Esther 4:3 · מְדִינָ֣ה · וּמְדִינָ֗הIn every province to which the king’s command and edict came, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.Esther 4:11 · מְדִינ֨וֹת“All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned—that he be put to death. Only if the king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days.”Esther 8:5 · מְדִינ֥וֹת“If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter seems proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order be written to revoke the letters that the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.Esther 8:9 · הַמְּדִינ֜וֹת · מְדִינָ֔ה · מְדִינָ֤ה · וּמְדִינָה֙At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush—writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.Esther 8:11 · וּמְדִינָ֛הBy these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions.Esther 8:12 · מְדִינ֖וֹתThe single day appointed throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.Esther 8:13 · מְדִינָ֣ה · וּמְדִינָ֔הA copy of the text of the edict was to be issued in every province and published to all the people, so that the Jews would be ready on that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.Esther 8:17 · מְדִינָ֨ה · וּמְדִינָ֜הIn every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves became Jews, because the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.Esther 9:2 · מְדִינוֹת֙In each of the provinces of King Xerxes, the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who sought to harm them. No man could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen upon all peoples.Esther 9:3 · הַמְּדִינ֜וֹתAnd all the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and the king’s administrators helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them.Esther 9:4 · הַמְּדִינ֑וֹתFor Mordecai exercised great power in the palace, and his fame spread throughout the provinces as he became more and more powerful.Esther 9:12 · מְדִינ֥וֹתwho said to Queen Esther, “In the citadel of Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men, including Haman’s ten sons. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces? Now what is your petition? It will be given to you. And what further do you request? It will be fulfilled.”Esther 9:16 · בִּמְדִינ֨וֹתThe rest of the Jews in the royal provinces also assembled to defend themselves and rid themselves of their enemies. They killed 75,000 who hated them, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.Esther 9:20 · מְדִינוֹת֙Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews in all the provinces of King Xerxes, both near and far,Esther 9:28 · מְדִינָ֥ה · וּמְדִינָ֖הThese days should be remembered and celebrated by every generation, family, province, and city, so that these days of Purim should not fail to be observed among the Jews, nor should the memory of them fade from their descendants.Esther 9:30 · מְדִינָ֔הAnd Mordecai sent letters with words of peace and truth to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Xerxes,Ecclesiastes 2:8 · וְהַמְּדִינ֑וֹתand I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.Ecclesiastes 5:8 · בַמְּדִינָ֔הIf you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.Lamentations 1:1 · בַּמְּדִינ֔וֹתHow lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.Daniel 8:2 · הַמְּדִינָ֑הAnd in the vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa, in the province of Elam. I saw in the vision that I was beside the Ulai Canal.Daniel 11:24 · מְדִינָה֮In a time of peace, he will invade the richest provinces and do what his fathers and forefathers never did. He will lavish plunder, loot, and wealth on his followers, and he will plot against the strongholds—but only for a time.