# H4082 מְדִינָה

מְדִינָה (mᵉdîynâh), Strong’s H4082: properly, a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region KJV: ([idiom] every) province.. Occurs 53 times.

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*mᵉdîynâh* — properly, a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region

KJV: ([idiom] every) province.

Derived from [דִּין dîyn](https://besorah.bible/word/H1777) (a straight course, i.e. sail direct)

Occurs 53 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מְדִינָה m.f. province
- 1 districts of realm of Ahab
- 2 of the Babylonian empire
- 3 of the Persian empire
- 4 provinces in general

## Where it occurs
- [1 Kings 20:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/20?v=14) — Ahab said, “By whom?” He said, “The LORD says, ‘By the young men of the princes of the provinces.’” Then he said, “Who…
- [1 Kings 20:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/20?v=15) — Then he mustered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty-two. After them…
- [1 Kings 20:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/20?v=17) — The young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben Hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, “Men…
- [1 Kings 20:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/20?v=19) — So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes of the provinces, and the army which followed them.
- [Ezekiel 19:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/19?v=8) — Then the nations attacked him on every side from the provinces. They spread their net over him. He was taken in their…
- [Lamentations 1:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/lamentations/1?v=1) — How the city sits solitary, that was full of people! She has become as a widow, who was great among the nations! She…
- [Ecclesiastes 2:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ecclesiastes/2?v=8) — I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself male and…
- [Ecclesiastes 5:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ecclesiastes/5?v=7) — If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don’t…
- [Esther 1:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/1?v=1) — Now in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over one hundred twenty-seven…
- [Esther 1:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/1?v=3) — in the third year of his reign, he made a feast for all his princes and his servants; the army of Persia and Media, the…