Mede @ (Heb. Madai), a Median or inhabitant of Media Daniel:11:1). In Genesis:10:2 the Hebrew word occurs in the list of the sons of Japheth. But probably this is an ethnic and not a personal name, and denotes simply the Medes as descended from Japheth.
Medeba @ waters of quiet, an ancient Moabite town Numbers:21:30). It was assigned to the tribe of Reuben Joshua:13:16). Here was fought the great battle in which Joab defeated the Ammonites and their allies ( 1Chronicles:19:7-15; comp. 2Samuel:10:6-14). In the time of Isaiah (15:2) the Moabites regained possession of it from the Ammonites. (See HANUN.) The ruins of this important city, now Madeba or Madiyabah, are seen about 8 miles south-west of Heshbon, and 14 east of the Dead Sea. Among these are the ruins of what must have been a large temple, and of three cisterns of considerable extent, which are now dry. These cisterns may have originated the name Medeba, "waters of quiet." (See OMRI.)