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Media

מָדַי · ma.day · H4074HΜῆδος · Mēdos · G33702 other spellings“measure; habit; covering” Hitchcock's 186922 mentions in 7 books, most in Daniel (8)
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Where it is

ElamElamErechErechSepharvaimSepharvaimCuthahCuthahCalnehCalnehAccadAccadMediaabout 1150 km across

34.80° N, 48.51° E · Located through Ecbatana

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Mentioned most in

Daniel · 8Esther · 5Jeremiah · 32 Kings · 2Isaiah · 2Ezra · 1+ 1 books
Counted from 22 references · STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0

About this place

Media was an ancient kingdom located in western Iran, which played a significant role in biblical history. The Medes, along with the Babylonians, conquered the Assyrian Empire in 612 BC (Isaiah 13:17; Jeremiah 51:11, 28). Later, the Medes joined forces with the Persians to form the powerful Medo-Persian Empire. This empire, under the rule of Cyrus the Great, conquered Babylon in 539 BC (Dan.5.28, 31). The Medes are mentioned in the book of Esther as one of the peoples under the rule of King Ahasuerus (Xerxes) (Esther 1:3, 14, 18; 10:2). The Medes were also involved in the deportation of the Israelites from the northern kingdom (2Ki.17.6; 18:11). The prophet Daniel served in the Medo-Persian court (Dan.6.8, 12, 15; 9:1; 11:1) and interpreted the handwriting on the wall, which announced the fall of Babylon to the Medes and Persians (Dan.5.28). Medes were among the peoples present in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost (Act.2.9).

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Every mention

22 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
2 KingsChapter 17: 1 mentionChapter 18: 1 mention2 mentions
2 Kings 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the…2 Kings 18:11The king of Assyria carried Israel away to Assyria, and put them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,
EzraChapter 6: 1 mention1 mention
Ezra 6:2A scroll was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, and in it this was written for a record:
EstherChapter 1: 4 mentionsChapter 10: 1 mention5 mentions
Esther 1:3in the third year of his reign, he made a feast for all his princes and his servants; the army of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces being before him.Esther 1:14and next to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king’s face, and sat first in the kingdom),Esther 1:18Today, the princesses of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen’s deed will tell all the king’s princes. This will cause much contempt and wrath.Esther 1:19“If it pleases the king, let a royal commandment go from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, so that it cannot be altered, that Vashti may never again…Esther 10:2Aren’t all the acts of his power and of his might, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of…
IsaiahChapter 13: 1 mentionChapter 21: 1 mention2 mentions
Isaiah 13:17Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who will not value silver, and as for gold, they will not delight in it.Isaiah 21:2A grievous vision is declared to me. The treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam; attack! I have stopped all of Media’s sighing.
JeremiahChapter 25: 1 mentionChapter 51: 2 mentions3 mentions
Jeremiah 25:25and all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;Jeremiah 51:11“Make the arrows sharp! Hold the shields firmly! Yahweh has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it; for it is the vengeance…Jeremiah 51:28Prepare against her the nations, the kings of the Medes, its governors, and all its deputies, and all the land of their dominion!
DanielChapter 5: 2 mentionsChapter 6: 3 mentionsChapter 8: 1 mentionChapter 9: 1 mentionChapter 11: 1 mention8 mentions
Daniel 5:28PERES: your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.”Daniel 5:31Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.Daniel 6:8Now, O king, establish the decree and sign the writing, that it not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which doesn’t alter.”Daniel 6:12Then they came near, and spoke before the king concerning the king’s decree: “Haven’t you signed a decree that every man who makes a petition to any god or man within thirty days, except…Daniel 6:15Then these men assembled together to the king, and said to the king, “Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no decree nor statute which the king establishes may be…Daniel 8:20The ram which you saw, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.Daniel 9:1In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the offspring of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans—Daniel 11:1“As for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him.
ActsChapter 2: 1 mention1 mention
Acts 2:9Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia,

What the dictionary says

Heb. Madai, which is rendered in the Authorized Version (1) “Madai,” Gen. 10:2; (2) “Medes,” 2 Kings 17:6; 18:11; (3) “Media,” Esther 1:3; 10:2; Isa. 21:2…

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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