Difference between revisions of "Mede"

<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] native or inhabitant of Media in Asia. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) See lst & 2d Mead, and Meed. </p>

<p> (Hebrews Maday', מָדִי, a word of Indian origin, meaning, according to Gesenius, ''Thes. Hebrews'' p. 768, the ''middle'' country, from its position, as in Polybius, v. 44; Auth. Vers. "Medes," "Media," "Madai," &nbsp;Genesis 10:2; &nbsp;2 Kings 17:6; &nbsp;2 Kings 18:11; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 1:5; &nbsp;Esther 1:3; &nbsp;Esther 1:14; &nbsp;Esther 1:18-19; &nbsp;Esther 10:2; &nbsp;Isaiah 13:17; &nbsp;Isaiah 21:2; &nbsp;Jeremiah 25:25; &nbsp;Jeremiah 51:11; &nbsp;Jeremiah 51:28; &nbsp;Daniel 8:20; &nbsp;Daniel 9:1; also Madi', מָדַי, "Mede," &nbsp;Daniel 11:1; Chald. ''Maday''' , מָדִי "Mede," "Medes," &nbsp;Ezra 6:2; &nbsp;Daniel 5:28; &nbsp;Daniel 6:8; &nbsp;Daniel 6:12; &nbsp;Daniel 6:15; and ''Madaah''' , מָדָאָה "Me, "Median," or ''Madaa''' , מָדָיֹא, &nbsp;Daniel 5:31; Gr. Μῆδος ), the ethnographic title of a Median, or inhabitant of Media; the same of that of [[Madai]] (See [[Madai]]) [q.v.]. The [[Hebrew]] form, "which occurs in &nbsp;Genesis 10:2, among the list of the sons of Japhet, has been commonly regarded as a personal appellation; and most commentators call Madai the third son of Japhet, and the progenitor of the Medes. But it is extremely doubtful whether, in the mind of the writer of [[Genesis]] 10, the term ''Madai'' was regarded as representing a person. That the genealogies in the chapter are to some extent ethnic is universally allowed, and may be seen even in our Authorized Version (&nbsp;Genesis 10:16-18). As Gomer, Magog, Javan, Tubal, ‘ and Meshech, which are conjoined in &nbsp;Genesis 10:2 with Madai, are elsewhere in [[Scripture]] always ethnic and not personal appellatives (&nbsp;Ezekiel 27:13; &nbsp;Ezekiel 38:6; &nbsp;Ezekiel 39:6; &nbsp;Daniel 8:21; &nbsp;Joel 3:6; &nbsp;Psalms 120:5; &nbsp;Isaiah 66:19, etc.), so it is probable that they stand for nations rather than persons here. [[In.]] that case no one would regard Madai as a person; and we must remember that it is the exact word used elsewhere throughout Scripture for the well-known nation of the Medes. Probably, therefore, all that the writer intends to assert in &nbsp;Genesis 10:2 is that the Medes, as well as the Gomerites, Greeks, Tibareni, Moschi, etc., descended from Japhet. Modern science has found that, both in physical type and in language, the [[Medes]] belong to that family of the human race which embraces the Cymry and the GrecoRomnans" (see Prichard's ''Phys.'' Hist. of Mankind, 4:650; chap. x, § 2-4; and comp. the article on [[Media).]] For " [[Darius]] the Mede," (See [[Darius]]).' </p>