Lexical Definition

‎מְדִינָה‎ mᵉdîynâh (med-ee-naw') province ^H:N-F
from ‎דִּין‎

([idiom] every) province.

• properly, a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction
• by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge)
• generally, a region

1) province, district
1a) district
1b) province

See Greek: βασιλεία · βασιλεία · βασιλεία · ἐπαρχία · χώρα

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: me.di.nah (‎מ‎ְ‎ד‎ִ‎ינ‎ָ‎ה‎ "province" מְדִינָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מְדִינָה‎ noun feminine province (an Aramaic word, compare Syriac , Arabic city) **compare also Old Aramaic ‎מדינתא‎ city, Palmyrene ‎מדיתא‎ city, suffix ‎מדיתהון‎, plural ‎מדינתא‎ SAC⁷⁰ Lzb³⁰⁶ Cooke²⁶⁶. — Esth 1:1 + 28 t.; plural ‎מְדִינוֺת‎ 1Kgs 20:14 + 23 t.; — a district of an empire,

1. districts of realm of Ahab with ‎שׂרים‎ over them 1Kgs 20:14; 1Kgs 20:15; 1Kgs 20:17; 1Kgs 20:19.

2. of the Babylonian empire: Ezek 19:8; Dan 8:2 (of Elam); ‎שָׂרָתִי בַּמְּדִינוֺת‎ princess among the provinces Lam 1:1 (of Judea).

3. of the Persian empire Esth 1:1 + often; one of which was Palestine, Neh 1:3 the returning exiles, ‎בְּנֵי הַמְּדִינָה‎ children of the province Ezra 2:1; Neh 7:6 having ‎רָאשֵׁי הַמְּדִינָה‎ Neh 11:3.

4. provinces in general Eccl 2:8; Eccl 5:7* ‎בְּמִשְׁמַנֵּי מְדִינָה‎ in the fat places of the province Dan 11:24 (fertile regions, probably Egypt; other translations see in Bev.)

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