מָדַי

Strong’s Definition

{Madai, a country of central Asia}

Etymology & Derivation

(Aramaic) corresponding to H4074 (מָדַי)

KJV Usage

Mede(-s).

Detailed Definition

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

• 1.(n pr m) an inhabitant of media
• 2.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
• 3.(n pr loc) the territory inhabited by the medes

Scholarly Notes

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