maday · Madai

What it means

maday (מָדַי) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Madai”.

A son of Japheth; it is the Hebrew name of the Medes (Media).

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.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Media ×10
• Medes ×4
• Madai ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• 2 Kings×2
• 1 Chronicles×1
• Esther×5
• Isaiah×2
• Jeremiah×3
• Daniel×2

• Genesis 10:2

  The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

• 2 Kings 17:6

  In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried Israel into exile to Assyria, and settled them in Halah and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

• 2 Kings 18:11

  The king of Assyria carried Israel into exile to Assyria and led them to Halah and to the Habor, the river of Gozan, and to the cities of the Medes,

• 1 Chronicles 1:5

  The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

• Esther 1:3

  in the third year of his reign, he made a banquet for all his officials and his servants: the army of Persia and Media, the nobles and the officials of the provinces being before him,

• Esther 1:14

  and those closest to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, Memucan, the seven officials of Persia and Media who saw the face of the king, who sat first in the kingdom):

• Esther 1:18

  And this day the ladies of Persia and Media who have heard the matter of the queen will say it to all the king’s officials; and there will be plenty of contempt and anger.

• Esther 1:19

  If it seems good to the king, let a royal word go out from before him, and let it be written among the laws of Persia and Media, and let it not pass away: that Vashti is not to come before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royalty to her companion who is better than she.

• Esther 10:2

  And all the deeds of his authority and of his might, and the sum of the greatness of Mordecai, with which the king made him great, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?

• Isaiah 13:17

  Look, I am stirring up against them the Medes, who do not value silver and gold they do not delight in.

• Isaiah 21:2

  A harsh vision has been told to me: the traitor betrays, and the devastator devastates. Go up, Elam! Lay siege, Media! All its sighing I have brought to an end.

• Jeremiah 25:25

  and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of Media;

• Jeremiah 51:11

  Sharpen the arrows! Fill the shields! YHWH has stirred up the spirit of the kings of Media, for against Babylon is his purpose, to destroy her; for it is the vengeance of YHWH, the vengeance for his temple.

• Jeremiah 51:28

  Consecrate nations against her, the kings of Media, her governors and all her prefects, and all the land of his dominion.

• Daniel 8:20

  The ram that you saw having the two horns is the kings of Media and Persia.

• Daniel 9:1

  In the first year of Darius son of Ahasuerus, of the offspring of the Medes, who was made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans,