BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4990
mit.re.dat — Mithredath
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.1.8 § Mithredath = "given by Mithra" 1) treasurer of king Cyrus of Persia 2) a Persian officer stationed at Samaria in the time of Artaxerxes
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Given by Mithra, or dedicated to Mithra, i.e., the sun, the Hebrew form of the Greek name Mithridates. (1.) The “treasurer” of King Cyrus (Ezra 1:8). (2.) Ezra 4:7, a Persian officer in Samaria.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
