madai Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
madai in Easton's Bible Dictionary
middle land, the third "son" of Japheth (Gen. 10:2), the name by which the Medes are known on the Assyrian monuments.
madai in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
MAD'AI (middle land), the third son of Japheth, from whom the Medes descended. Gen 10:2; 1 Chr 1:5.
madai in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
Genesis 10:2, sons, i.e. descendants, of Japheth, an ethnic designation. The Medes, who called themselves Made, S.W. of the Caspian. Some came with the Scythians to Europe, the mixed race formed the Sarmatians. Modern ethnology has found that in physical type and language the Medes belong to the Indo Germanic family of mankind, comprising the Celts, Greeks, Romans, etc.