medor · dwelling

What it means

medor (מְדוֹר) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “dwelling”.

The place where one lives (Aramaic).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Place where one lives (Aramaic).

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Where it appears

• Daniel 2:11

  And the thing that the king asks is difficult, and there is no other who can declare it before the king except gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.”

• Daniel 4:25

  that you will be driven away from men, and with the animals of the field your dwelling will be, and grass like oxen you will be made to eat, and with the dew of the heavens you will be drenched, and seven times will pass over you, until you know that Illaya rules over the kingdom of men, and to whomever he wishes he gives it.

• Daniel 4:32

  and from men you are being driven away, and with the animals of the field will be your dwelling; grass like oxen you will be made to eat, and seven times will pass over you, until you know that Illaya rules over the kingdom of men, and to whomever he wishes he gives it.”

• Daniel 5:21

  And from the sons of men he was driven away, and his heart was made like that of the animals, and with the wild donkeys was his dwelling; grass like oxen he was made to eat, and with the dew of the heavens his body was drenched, until he knew that Elah Illaya rules over the kingdom of men, and whomever he wishes he sets up over it.