מְדִינָה
mᵉdîynâh · med-ee-naw'
{properly, a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H4082 (מְדִינָה)
{properly, a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region}
- {properly, a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction
- by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge)
- generally, a region}
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: province.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the doorway, the way in › the hand that works › the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the doorway, the way in of the hand that works of the seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מְדִינָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the province2 · 18%
- in the province2 · 18%
- of the provinces2 · 18%
- and provinces1 · 9%
- into the province1 · 9%
- that is in the province1 · 9%
- the province1 · 9%
- province1 · 9%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.