מָדַי

Strong’s Definition

Madai, a country of central Asia

Etymology & Derivation

of foreign derivation;

KJV Usage

Madai, Medes, Media.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.(n pr m) a people descended from the son of japheth and who inhabited the territory of media
• 2.(n pr loc) land inhabited by the descendants of japheth; located northwest of persia proper, south and southwest of the caspian sea, east of armenia and assyria, and west and northwest of the great salt desert of iram

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Mâday; Pronunciation: maw-dah'-ee