מָדַי
ma.day
Media
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredBased on the provided lexicon data, the Hebrew word "מָדַי" (ma.day) is a proper noun referring to a person or a specific individual. It is mentioned 7 times in the Bible, indicating its significance within the narrative. The direct translation provided is "Media," suggesting a geographical or cultural origin. The usage of this term is limited, with only 7 occurrences in the Bible. This scarcity indicates that "מָדַי" might be a personal name, rather than a more broadly applicable term. The lack of further context or description surrounding its occurrences implies a possible reference to a historical or cultural figure, although the details are not explicitly stated. Given its proper name classification and direct translation, "מָדַי" is likely an individual or possibly a leader from the region of Media, highlighting the importance of this figure in the biblical narrative.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
7 total occurrences across the text
in the third year of his reign, he made a feast for all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him.
Esther 1:14and the next to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king’s face, and sat first in the kingdom),
Esther 1:18Today, the princesses of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen’s deed will tell all the king’s princes. This will cause much contempt and wrath.
Esther 10:2All the acts of his power and of his might, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
Isaiah 21:2A grievous vision is declared to me. The treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam; attack! I have stopped all of Media’s sighing.
Jeremiah 25:25and all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;
Daniel 8:20The ram which you saw, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.