HebrewH4990Proper Noun (Masculine)
מִתְרְדָת
mit.re.dat
“Mithredath”
2Occurrences
H4990Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Mithredath, the name of two Persians
of Persian origin;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at § Mithredath = "given by Mithra" 1) treasurer of king Cyrus of Persia 2) a Persian officer stationed at Samaria in the time of Artaxerxes
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
N:N-M-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
מִתְרְדָת appears 2 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Ezra
2
Key Passages
Ezra 1:8BSB
Cyrus king of Persia had them brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
Ezra 4:7BSB
And in the days of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his associates wrote a letter to Artaxerxes. It was written in Aramaic and then translated.
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