HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H307
אַחְמְתָא
ach.me.ta — Ecbatana
§ Achmetha = "Ecbatana" capital of Media, captured by Cyrus in 550 BC and then summer residence of Persian kings
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Ecbatana
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
(Ezra 6:2 marg.). (See ACHMETHA.)
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.