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מִתְרְדָת

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Mithredath

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.4.7 § Mithredath = "given by Mithra" 1) treasurer of king Cyrus of Persia 2) a Persian officer stationed at Samaria in the time of Artaxerxes

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

מִתְרְדָת proper name, masculine name of two Persians;

1. Cyrus' time Ezra 1:8.
2. Artaxerxes' time Ezra 4:7. — ᵐ5 Μιθρα[ι]δατης in both.


מַתַּת, מַתַּתָּה, מַתִּתְיָה(וּׅ see נתן.


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