Madai
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Madai

a measure; judging; a garment

Smith's Bible Dictionary
Madai

(middle land), (Genesis 10:2) is usually called the third son of Japhet, and the progenitor of the Medes; but probably all that is intended is that the Medes, as well as the Gomerites, Greeks, Tabareni, Moschi, etc., descended from Japhet.

ATS Bible Dictionary
Madai

The third son of Japheth, ancestor of the Medes, etc., Genesis 10:2.

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Middle land, the third "son" of Japheth (Genesis 10:2), the name by which the Medes are known on the Assyrian monuments.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
MADAI

mad'-a-i, ma'-di (madhay).

See MEDES.

Strong's Hebrew
4074. Maday -- a son of Japheth, also his desc. and their land
... and their land NASB Word Usage Madai (2), Medes (5), Media (8), Median
(1). Madai, Medes, Media. Of foreign derivation; Madai, a ...
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4075. Maday -- an inhabitant of Media
... of Media NASB Word Usage Mede (1). Mede. Patrial from Maday; a Madian or native
of Madai -- Mede. see HEBREW Maday. 4074, 4075. Maday. 4076 . Strong's Numbers
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Library

Chapter x
... (a) The Sons of Japheth (v.2-5). 2. The sons of Japheth: Gomer and Magog and Madai
and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras. ... The Assyrian has Madai too. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter x.htm

How Every Nation was Denominated from their First Inhabitants.
... Now as to Javan and Madai, the sons of Japhet; from Madai came the Madeans, who
are called Medes, by the Greeks; but from Javan, Ionia, and all the Grecians ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 6 how every nation.htm

Demonstration v. --Of Wars.
... For the children of Javan came in against the kingdom of their brethren.
For Madai and Javan are sons of Japhet. [775] But Madai ...
/.../aphrahat/aphrahat select demonstrations/demonstration v of wars.htm

Hebrew Captives; Or, Mordecai and Esther.
... Media, a word some suppose to be derived from Madai, the son of Japheth, was the
name of a region adjacent to ancient Assyria, inhabited by warlike hordes for ...
/.../headley/half hours in bible lands volume 2/hebrew captives or mordecai and.htm

[Endnotes]
... Hamathite. Obal, " Abimael, " Sheba, " Ophir, " Havilah, " Jobab. ". JAPHETH.
Gomer, Magog. Madai. Javan, Tubal. Meshech. Tiras. Ashkenaz ...
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The Book of Jubilees
... father and his brethren, persisted in colonising the land of Libanus from Hamath
to the river of Egypt; and when Japhet moved westward, his son Madai dwelt in ...
//christianbookshelf.org/deane/pseudepigrapha/the book of jubilees.htm

The Blessings of Noah Upon Shem and Japheth. (Gen. Ix. 18-27. )
... "And Canaan shall be a servant to them." The servitude of Canaan was completed by
Japheth, among whose sons (Genesis 10:2) Madai also appears; so that even the ...
/.../hengstenberg/christology of the old testament/the blessings of noah upon.htm

The Seventh (And Last) vision "On Earth"
... Magog is mentioned as the first son of Japhet in Genesis 10:2. With him are associated
his brethren, Gomer (Kimmerians), Madai (Medians), Meshech (Muscovites ...
/.../bullinger/commentary on revelation/the seventh and last vision.htm

The Medes and the Second Chaldaean Empire
History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 8. <. ...
/.../chapter iiithe medes and the.htm

An Exposition on the First Ten Chapters of Genesis, and Part of ...
The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3. <. ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/an exposition on the first.htm

Thesaurus
Madai (2 Occurrences)
...MADAI. mad'-ai, ma'-di (madhay). See MEDES. ...Madai (2 Occurrences). Genesis 10:2 The
sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. ...
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Japheth (12 Occurrences)
... be questioned that the author [of Genesis 10] has in his account of the sons of
Japheth classed together the Cymry or Celts (Gomer), the Medes (Madai), and the ...
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Javan (12 Occurrences)
... Javan (12 Occurrences). Genesis 10:2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan,
Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Gomer (7 Occurrences)
... Gomer (7 Occurrences). Genesis 10:2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan,
Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
/g/gomer.htm - 11k

Tiras (2 Occurrences)
... Tiras (2 Occurrences). Genesis 10:2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan,
Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
/t/tiras.htm - 8k

Tubal (9 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Genesis 10:2 The sons of Japheth:
Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. ...
/t/tubal.htm - 12k

Magog (5 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Genesis 10:2 The sons of Japheth:
Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. ...
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Media (14 Occurrences)
... Hebrews Madai, which is rendered in the Authorized Version (1) "Madai," Genesis
10:2; (2) "Medes," 2 Kings 17:6; 18:11; (3) "Media," Esther 1:3; 10:2; Isaiah 21 ...
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Meshech (11 Occurrences)
... Meshech (11 Occurrences). Genesis 10:2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai,
Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) ...
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Mad (22 Occurrences)

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Concordance
Madai (2 Occurrences)

Genesis 10:2
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 1:5
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Madai

Madai: Son of Japheth

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