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It is used to describe administrative regions that are governed or ruled, typically under the authority of a central power. In the context of the Bible, "medinah" often denotes areas within the Persian Empire or other ancient Near Eastern empires.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient Near East, empires such as the Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian empires were divided into provinces or districts for administrative purposes. These provinces were governed by officials who were responsible for collecting taxes, maintaining order, and implementing the decrees of the central government. The concept of "medinah" reflects the structured and hierarchical nature of these ancient empires, where local governance was essential for maintaining control over vast territories.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>(Aramaic) corresponding to <a href="/hebrew/4082.htm">medinah</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a district, province<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>province (8), provinces (3).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> [<font class="hebrew2">מְדִינָה</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun feminine</b></font> (judicial) district, province (K<sup>§ 60, 3</sup>) <em>d</em>); also Biblical Hebrew); — emphatic <font class="hebrew2">מְדִינְתָּא</font> (M:§ 72 c) <a href="/interlinear/ezra/5-8.htm">Ezra 5:8</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ezra/6-2.htm">Ezra 6:2</a>; construct <font class="hebrew2">מְדִינַת</font> <a href="/interlinear/daniel/2-48.htm">Daniel 2:48,49</a>; <a href="/interlinear/daniel/3-1.htm">Daniel 3:1</a>,12,30; <a href="/interlinear/ezra/7-16.htm">Ezra 7:16</a>; plural absolute <font class="hebrew2">מְדִנָן</font> <a href="/interlinear/ezra/4-15.htm">Ezra 4:15</a>, emphatic <font class="hebrew2">מְדִינָתָא</font> <a href="/interlinear/daniel/3-2.htm">Daniel 3:2</a>,3.<br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>province <p>(Aramaic) corresponding to <a href="/hebrew/4082.htm">mdiynah</a> -- province. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/4082.htm">mdiynah</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>בִּמְדִינַ֖ת בִּמְדִינַ֥ת במדינת וּמְדִנָ֔ן ומדנן מְדִֽינְתָּא֙ מְדִֽינָתָ֑א מְדִֽינָתָ֔א מְדִינְתָּ֖ה מְדִינַ֣ת מדינת מדינתא מדינתה bim·ḏî·naṯ bimdiNat bimḏînaṯ mə·ḏî·nā·ṯā mə·ḏî·naṯ mə·ḏî·nə·tā mə·ḏî·nə·tāh mediNat məḏînaṯ medinaTa məḏînāṯā medineTa məḏînətā medineTah məḏînətāh ū·mə·ḏi·nān umediNan ūməḏinān<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/ezra/4-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 4:15</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וּֽמְהַנְזְקַ֤ת מַלְכִין֙ <b> וּמְדִנָ֔ן </b> וְאֶשְׁתַּדּוּר֙ עָבְדִ֣ין</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to kings <span class="itali">and provinces,</span> and that they have incited<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> unto kings <span class="itali">and provinces,</span> and that they have moved<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/4-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and damaging to kings <span class="itali">and provinces</span> revolt may be made<p><b><a href="/text/ezra/5-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 5:8</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/5.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֲזַ֜לְנָא לִיה֤וּד <b> מְדִֽינְתָּא֙ </b> לְבֵית֙ אֱלָהָ֣א</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> that we have gone <span class="itali">to the province</span> of Judah,<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> that we went <span class="itali">into the province</span> of Judea,<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/5-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> have gone of Judah <span class="itali">to the province</span> to the house God<p><b><a href="/text/ezra/6-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 6:2</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/6.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">דִּ֛י בְּמָדַ֥י <b> מְדִינְתָּ֖ה </b> מְגִלָּ֣ה חֲדָ֑ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> which <span class="itali">is in the province</span> of Media,<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in the palace <span class="itali">that [is] in the province</span> of the Medes,<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/6-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> which of Media <span class="itali">the province</span> A scroll a<p><b><a href="/text/ezra/7-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 7:16</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/7.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">תְהַשְׁכַּ֔ח בְּכֹ֖ל <b> מְדִינַ֣ת </b> בָּבֶ֑ל עִם֩</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> in the whole <span class="itali">province</span> of Babylon,<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in all <span class="itali">the province</span> of Babylon,<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/7-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> find the whole <span class="itali">province</span> of Babylon with<p><b><a href="/text/daniel/2-48.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Daniel 2:48</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/2.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עַ֖ל כָּל־ <b> מְדִינַ֣ת </b> בָּבֶ֑ל וְרַב־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/daniel/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the whole <span class="itali">province</span> of Babylon<br><a href="/kjvs/daniel/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the whole <span class="itali">province</span> of Babylon,<br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/2-48.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> over the whole <span class="itali">province</span> of Babylon great<p><b><a href="/text/daniel/2-49.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Daniel 2:49</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/2.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עֲבִֽידְתָּא֙ דִּ֚י <b> מְדִינַ֣ת </b> בָּבֶ֔ל לְשַׁדְרַ֥ךְ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/daniel/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the administration <span class="itali">of the province</span> of Babylon,<br><a href="/kjvs/daniel/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the affairs <span class="itali">of the province</span> of Babylon:<br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/2-49.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the administration forasmuch <span class="itali">of the province</span> of Babylon Shadrach<p><b><a href="/text/daniel/3-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Daniel 3:1</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/3.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בְּבִקְעַ֣ת דּוּרָ֔א <b> בִּמְדִינַ֖ת </b> בָּבֶֽל׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/daniel/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of Dura <span class="itali">in the province</span> of Babylon.<br><a href="/kjvs/daniel/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of Dura, <span class="itali">in the province</span> of Babylon.<br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/3-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the plain of Dura <span class="itali">the province</span> of Babylon<p><b><a href="/text/daniel/3-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Daniel 3:2</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/3.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְכֹ֖ל שִׁלְטֹנֵ֣י <b> מְדִֽינָתָ֑א </b> לְמֵתֵא֙ לַחֲנֻכַּ֣ת</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/daniel/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the rulers <span class="itali">of the provinces</span> to come<br><a href="/kjvs/daniel/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the rulers <span class="itali">of the provinces,</span> to come<br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/3-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and all the rulers <span class="itali">of the provinces</span> to come to the dedication<p><b><a href="/text/daniel/3-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Daniel 3:3</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/3.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְכֹל֙ שִׁלְטֹנֵ֣י <b> מְדִֽינָתָ֔א </b> לַחֲנֻכַּ֣ת צַלְמָ֔א</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/daniel/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the rulers <span class="itali">of the provinces</span> were assembled<br><a href="/kjvs/daniel/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the rulers <span class="itali">of the provinces,</span> were gathered together<br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/3-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and all the rulers <span class="itali">of the provinces</span> the dedication of the image<p><b><a href="/text/daniel/3-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Daniel 3:12</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/3.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עַל־ עֲבִידַת֙ <b> מְדִינַ֣ת </b> בָּבֶ֔ל שַׁדְרַ֥ךְ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/daniel/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the administration <span class="itali">of the province</span> of Babylon,<br><a href="/kjvs/daniel/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the affairs <span class="itali">of the province</span> of Babylon,<br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/3-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> over the administration <span class="itali">of the province</span> of Babylon Shadrach<p><b><a href="/text/daniel/3-30.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Daniel 3:30</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/3.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וַעֲבֵ֥ד נְג֖וֹ <b> בִּמְדִינַ֥ת </b> בָּבֶֽל׃ פ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/daniel/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to prosper <span class="itali">in the province</span> of Babylon.<br><a href="/kjvs/daniel/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and Abednego, <span class="itali">in the province</span> of Babylon.<br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/3-30.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Meshach and Abed-nego <span class="itali">the province</span> of Babylon<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4083.htm">11 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4083.htm">Strong's Hebrew 4083<br>11 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/bimdinat_4083.htm">bim·ḏî·naṯ — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/medinat_4083.htm">mə·ḏî·naṯ — 4 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/medinata_4083.htm">mə·ḏî·nā·ṯā — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/medineta_4083.htm">mə·ḏî·nə·tā — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/medinetah_4083.htm">mə·ḏî·nə·tāh — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/umedinan_4083.htm">ū·mə·ḏi·nān — 1 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