מָדַיMâday
proper name [of a people or territory]: Medes, Media
Pronunciation: maw-dah'-ee · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4076
Meanings
1. of a people (Daniel 5:28; Daniel 6:9; Daniel 6:13)
2. territory (Ezra 6:2)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Ezra 6:2 But it was at the fortress at Ecbatana in the province of Media that a scroll was found. This is what it said: “Memorandum:
- Daniel 5:28 Parsin means ‘divided’—your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”
- Daniel 6:8 And now, Your Majesty, issue and sign this law so it cannot be changed, an official law of the Medes and Persians that cannot be revoked.”
- Daniel 6:12 So they went straight to the king and reminded him about his law. “Did you not sign a law that for the next thirty days any person who prays to anyone, divine or human—except to you, Your Majesty—will be thrown into the den of lions?” “Yes,” the king replied, “that decision stands; it is an official law of the Medes and Persians that cannot be revoked.”
- Daniel 6:15 In the evening the men went together to the king and said, “Your Majesty, you know that according to the law of the Medes and the Persians, no law that the king signs can be changed.”
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).