What does מְדִינָה (mĕdiynāh) mean in the Bible?
מְדִינָה (mĕdiynāh): Administrative territory defined by judicial authority; region governed under a ruler's legal jurisdiction
Hebrew · H4082
מְדִינָה
Properly, a judgeship , i.e. jurisdiction ; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region
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מְדִינָה H4082
Pronunciation mĕdiynāh
What does מְדִינָה (mĕdiynāh) mean in the Bible?
מְדִינָה (mĕdiynāh): Administrative territory defined by judicial authority; region governed under a ruler's legal jurisdiction
Full entry for מְדִינָה (H4082) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H4082?
The BSB source-word alignment has 53 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include provinces (9), . . . (8), province (7), of the provinces (5), the provinces (5).
Where does מְדִינָה (mĕdiynāh) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Kings 20:14. Its strongest book concentrations include Esther (39), 1 Kings (4), Nehemiah (3), Daniel (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It provinces 9× Esther 1:1, Esther 3:13, Esther 4:11, Esther 8:5
. . . 8× Esther 1:22, Esther 3:12, Esther 3:14, Esther 4:3
province 7× Esther 2:3, Esther 3:8, Esther 3:14, Esther 4:3
of the provinces 5× Nehemiah 11:3, Esther 1:3, Esther 9:2, Esther 9:3
the provinces 5× Esther 1:16, Esther 1:22, Esther 8:12, Esther 9:4
of the district 4× 1 Kings 20:14, 1 Kings 20:15, 1 Kings 20:17, 1 Kings 20:19
in the province 3× Nehemiah 1:3, Ecclesiastes 5:8, Daniel 8:2
of each province 2× Esther 3:12
of the province 2× Ezra 2:1, Nehemiah 7:6
[writing] to each province 1× Esther 8:9
and provinces 1× Ecclesiastes 2:8
each province 1× Esther 1:22
from the provinces 1× Ezekiel 19:8
in its own script 1× Esther 8:9
in the provinces 1× Esther 2:18
or province 1× Esther 8:11
Show sample aligned rows
1 Kings 20:14 הַמְּדִינ֑וֹת to of the district Article | Noun - feminine plural 1 Kings 20:15 הַמְּדִינ֔וֹת to of the district Article | Noun - feminine plural 1 Kings 20:17 הַמְּדִינ֖וֹת to of the district Article | Noun - feminine plural 1 Kings 20:19 הַמְּדִינ֑וֹת to of the district Article | Noun - feminine plural Ezra 2:1 הַמְּדִינָ֗ה to of the province Article | Noun - feminine singular Nehemiah 1:3 בַּמְּדִינָ֔ה to in the province Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Nehemiah 7:6 הַמְּדִינָ֗ה to of the province Article | Noun - feminine singular Nehemiah 11:3 הַמְּדִינָ֔ה to of the provinces Article | Noun - feminine singular Esther 1:1 מְדִינָֽה׃ to provinces Noun - feminine singular Esther 1:3 הַמְּדִינ֖וֹת to of the provinces Article | Noun - feminine plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 1 Kings 20:14
Aligned rows 53
Books represented 8
1 Kings 4 Ezra 1 Nehemiah 3 Esther 39 Ecclesiastes 2 Lamentations 1 Ezekiel 1 Daniel 2
Source forms
מְדִינָ֣ה 4x mə·ḏî·nāh Esther 3:12, Esther 3:14, Esther 4:3, Esther 8:13
מְדִינ֣וֹת 4x mə·ḏî·nō·wṯ Esther 1:22, Esther 2:3, Esther 3:8, Esther 3:13
הַמְּדִינ֑וֹת 3x ham·mə·ḏî·nō·wṯ 1 Kings 20:14, 1 Kings 20:19, Esther 9:4
וּמְדִינָה֙ 3x ū·mə·ḏî·nāh Esther 1:22, Esther 3:12, Esther 8:9
מְדִינָ֤ה 3x mə·ḏî·nāh Esther 1:22, Esther 3:12, Esther 8:9
הַמְּדִינָ֗ה 2x ham·mə·ḏî·nāh Ezra 2:1, Nehemiah 7:6
הַמְּדִינ֖וֹת 2x ham·mə·ḏî·nō·wṯ 1 Kings 20:17, Esther 1:3
הַמְּדִינ֜וֹת 2x ham·mə·ḏî·nō·wṯ Esther 8:9, Esther 9:3
Parsing patterns
Noun - feminine singular 13x Esther 1:1, Esther 1:22, Esther 3:12, Esther 3:14
Noun - feminine plural construct 11x Esther 1:16, Esther 1:22, Esther 2:3, Esther 3:8
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular 10x Esther 1:22, Esther 3:12, Esther 3:14, Esther 4:3
Article | Noun - feminine plural 8x 1 Kings 20:14, 1 Kings 20:15, 1 Kings 20:17, 1 Kings 20:19
Article | Noun - feminine singular 4x Ezra 2:1, Nehemiah 7:6, Nehemiah 11:3, Daniel 8:2
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular 2x Nehemiah 1:3, Ecclesiastes 5:8
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine plural 1x Ecclesiastes 2:8
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct 1x Esther 9:16
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Administrative territory defined by judicial authority; region governed under a ruler's legal jurisdiction
Source Gloss
properly, a judgeship , i.e. jurisdiction ; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Administrative territory defined by judicial authority; region governed under a ruler's legal jurisdiction
properly, a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region BDB: province Usage: (× every) province.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
מְדִינָה is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain