Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Median, The Me’dian, The. Darius, “the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes,” Dan 9:1, or “the Mede,” Dan 11:1, is thus denoted in Dan 5:31. Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Median (Chald. Mladaya’, , marg. ; Sept. , Vulg. Medus), a patrial epithet of Darius, the son of Ahasueras, of the seed of the Medes (Dan 9:1), or the Mede (Dan 11:1), as described in Dan 11:31. SEE MEDE. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Median medi-an. See DARIUS; MEDES; MEDIA. Fuente: International … Continue reading “Median”

Media and Medes (Medía, Mêdoi). An ancient country of Asia and the inhabitants thereof. The Hebrew and Assyrian form of the word Media is mdy (Madai) which corresponds to the Mada by which the land is designated in the earliest Persian cuneiform texts. The origin and significance of the word are unknown. In Gen., x, … Continue reading “Media and Medes”

MEDIA Called by the Hebrews MADAI, and supposed to have been peopled by the descendants of Madai the son of Japheth, Gen 10:2 ; extended itself on the west and south of the Caspian Sea, from Armenia and Assyria on the north and west, to Farsistan or Persia proper on the south; and included the … Continue reading “Media”

Medhurst, Walter Henry, DD an English missionary and Chinese scholar, was born in London in 1796. He first entered the missionary field of labor in 1816, when he was sent to China by the London Missionary Society to ascertain if the country was open to the Gospel, and, if so, to furnish this people with … Continue reading “Medhurst, Walter Henry, DD”

Medes, Media MEDES, MEDIA.A people and country called by the same word, Madaiin Hebrew and Assyrian. The Medes were the first of the Iranian immigrants to form a settled government on the borders of the old Semitic realm. As early as the 9th cent. b.c. they began to occupy the mountainous country south and south-east … Continue reading “Medes, Media”

Medes Medes are mentioned in Act 2:9 in connexion with the special events of the Day of Pentecost. These sojourners in Jerusalem would be descendants of Jewish settlers among the Medes, with perhaps a few Median proselytes. In Biblical times, the Medes are closely associated with the Persians, along with whom they occupied the western … Continue reading “Medes”

Medelliacute;n (MEDELLENSIS). Archdiocese in the Republic of Colombia, Metropolitan of Antioquia and Manizales, in the Departments of Medellín, Antioquia, and Manizales. Prior to 1908, when a new civil territorial division was adopted, the limits of the archdiocese were conterminous with the former Department of Antioquia (from native words meaning the “hill or mountain of gold”) … Continue reading “Medelliacute;n”

MEDEBA A town east of the Jordan in the tribe of Reuben, Jos 13:9,16 . Near it the army of David gained a great victory, 1Ch 19:7 . Long afterwards, it fell again into the hands of the Moabites its ancient masters, Num 21:30 ; Isa 15:2 . Its ruins, on rising ground a few … Continue reading “Medeba”

Medea A titular see of Thrace, suffragan of Heraclea. This name and the modern name (Midieh) are derived from the ancient Salmydessos or Alydessos, Herodotus (IV, 93) says that the inhabitants yielded to Darius after some resistance; Xenophon and his companions in arms subjugated it with much difficulty (Anab., VII, 5, 12). The city is … Continue reading “Medea”