מָדַי
maday · Media
Aramaic word · Strong’s number H4076 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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maday (מָדַי) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “Media”.
(the Aramaic form): a region east of Assyria, joined to Persia in a single empire.
How to say it
ma·day
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.
- Medes ×4
- Media ×1
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Where it appears
- Ezra 6:2
And there was found in Ecbatana, in the fortress that is in the province of Media, a scroll, and thus was written in it: “Memorial:
- Daniel 5:28
Peres, your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and the Persians.”
- Daniel 6:8
Now, O king, establish the prohibition and sign the writing, so that it may not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be revoked.”
- Daniel 6:12
Then they came near and said before the king concerning the prohibition of the king, “Did you not sign a prohibition, that any man who makes a request of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, shall be thrown into the den of the lions?” The king answered and said, “The matter is certain, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be revoked.”
- Daniel 6:15
Then these men came thronging to the king and said to the king, “Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no prohibition or statute that the king establishes may be changed.”