1. province, administrative district — A province or administrative district, especially one of the territorial subdivisions of the Persian or Babylonian empire, used for both the singular jurisdiction and the collective provinces of a realm. 53×
AR["وِلاَيَةٍ","وِلَايَاتِ","وِلَايَةً","وِلَايَةٍ"]·ben["প্রদেশ","প্রদেশগুলিতে","প্রদেশগুলির","প্রদেশে"]·DE["Provinz","Provinzen"]·EN["province","provinces-of"]·FR["province","provinces"]·heb["מדינה","מדינות"]·HI["प्रति","प्रत्येक","प्रत्येक-प्रान्त","प्रान्त","प्रान्तों","प्रान्तों-के","प्रान्तों-पर","प्रान्तों-में","प्रान्तों-में-हैं"]·ID["provinsi","provinsi-provinsi"]·IT["province","provincia"]·jav["propinsi"]·KO["도","도들에","도와","지방","지방들에","지방들의","지방마다"]·PT["província","províncias","províncias-de"]·RU["областей","области","область","областью","областях"]·ES["provincia","provincias","provincias-de"]·SW["jimbo","kama-maandishi-yake","majimbo","na-jimbo","na-kwa","wa-majimbo","ya-mfalme","yote"]·TR["eyalet","eyalete","eyaletine","eyaletlerinde","eyaletlerine","eyaletlerinin","eyalette"]·urd["صوبوں","صوبہ","صوبے"]
1 Kgs 20:14, 1 Kgs 20:15, 1 Kgs 20:17, 1 Kgs 20:19, Ezra 2:1, Neh 1:3, Neh 7:6, Neh 11:3, Esth 1:1, Esth 1:3, Esth 1:16, Esth 1:22 (+38 more)
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מְדִינָה n.f. province (an Aramaic word, cf. Syriac ܡܕܝܺܢܻܬܳܐ, Arabicمَدِينَةٌ city) cf. also Old Aramaic מדינתא city, Palm. מדיתא city, sf. מדיתהון, pl. מדינתא SAC70 Lzb306 Cooke 266. Est 1:1 + 28 times; pl. מְדִינוֹת 1 K 20:14 + 23 times;—a district of an empire, 1. districts of realm of Ahab with שׂרים over them 1 K 20:14, 15, 17, 19. 2. of the Babylonian empire: Ez 19:8; Dn 8:2 (of Elam);…