מִדְרָשׁ

Strong’s Definition

properly, an investigation, i.e. (by implication) a treatise or elaborate compilation

Etymology & Derivation

from H1875 (דָּרַשׁ);

KJV Usage

story.

Detailed Definition

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

• 1.study, exposition, record, story
• 2.writings of a didactic nature
• 3.midrash (transliteration)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: midrâsh; Pronunciation: mid-rawsh'