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Mithredath <ref name="term_6372" /> | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_32533" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' mith´rḗ ''''' - ''''' dath ''''' ( מתרדת , <i> ''''' mithredhāth ''''' </i> ; [[Persian]] = "gift of Mithra" or "consecrated to Mithra"): </p> <p> (1) The Persian treasurer through whom [[Cyrus]] restored the sacred vessels to the returning [[Jewish]] exiles ( Ezra 1:8 ). </p> <p> (2) A P ersian, perhaps an official, who was associated with [[Bishlam]] and [[Tabeel]] in corresponding with [[Artaxerxes]] concerning the restoration of [[Jerusalem]] ( Ezra 4:7 ). In 1 [[Esdras]] 2:11, 16, the name is written [[Mithradates]] (which see). </p> | <li> Ezra 4:7 , a [[Persian]] officer in Samaria. <div> <p> [[Copyright]] StatementThese dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated [[Bible]] Dictionary, [[Third]] Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> Bibliography InformationEaston, Matthew George. Entry for 'Mithredath'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/m/mithredath.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li> | ||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_36563" /> == | |||
<p> ("given by Mithra") (the Iranian god associated with the sun). </p> <p> 1. [[Treasurer]] of [[Cyrus]] king of Persia; to [[Mithredath]] Cyrus gave the temple vessels for [[Sheshbazzar]] (Ezra 1:8). </p> <p> 2. A [[Persian]] officer in [[Samaria]] under [[Artaxerxes]] or Smerdis the Magian, who with others influenced him by letter to interrupt the building of the temple (Ezra 4:7). </p> | |||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_42505" /> == | |||
Ezra 1:82Ezra 4:7 | |||
== Hitchcock's Bible Names <ref name="term_46468" /> == | |||
== Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary <ref name="term_48215" /> == | |||
<p> (See Ezra 4:7) His name seems to be derived from Thur, law, and is meant to convey an idea of one studying the law. </p> | |||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52759" /> == | |||
<p> <strong> MITHREDATH </strong> (Pers. = ‘given by Mithra, <em> or </em> the sun’). <strong> 1. </strong> The [[Persian]] treasurer, whom [[Cyrus]] commanded to deliver to [[Sheshbazzar]] the sacred vessels ( Ezra 1:8 = Esther 2:11 Esther 2:11 <strong> [[Mithradates]] </strong> ). <strong> 2. </strong> [[Apparently]] a Persian officer stationed in Samaria. [[Together]] with his colleagues he wrote to [[Artaxerxes]] (Longimanus) to hinder the re-building of the walls of [[Jerusalem]] ( Ezra 4:7 = Esther 2:16 Esther 2:16 <strong> Mithradates </strong> ). </p> | |||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_67747" /> == | |||
<p> 1. [[Treasurer]] of [[Cyrus]] king of Persia. Ezra 1:8 . </p> <p> 2. [[Persian]] officer who opposed the rebuilding of the temple. Ezra 4:7 . </p> | |||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_73995" /> == | |||
<p> Mith'redath. (given by Mithra). </p> <p> 1. The treasurer of Cyrus, king of Persia, to whom the king gave the vessels, of the Temple. Ezra 1:8. </p> <p> 2. A [[Persian]] officer, stationed at Samaria. Ezra 4:7. </p> | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6372" /> == | |||
<p> ''''' mith´rḗ ''''' - ''''' dath ''''' ( מתרדת , <i> ''''' mithredhāth ''''' </i> ; [[Persian]] = "gift of Mithra" or "consecrated to Mithra"): </p> <p> (1) The Persian treasurer through whom [[Cyrus]] restored the sacred vessels to the returning [[Jewish]] exiles (Ezra 1:8 ). </p> <p> (2) A P ersian, perhaps an official, who was associated with [[Bishlam]] and [[Tabeel]] in corresponding with [[Artaxerxes]] concerning the restoration of [[Jerusalem]] (Ezra 4:7 ). In 1 [[Esdras]] 2:11, 16, the name is written [[Mithradates]] (which see). </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_51057" /> == | |||
<p> (Heb. Mithredath', מַתְרְדָת , from the Pers. given by Mithras, see Gesenius, Thesaur. Heb. page 832, and comp. the Gr. form of the name Μιθριδάτης, Lat. Mithridates; Sept. Μιθριδάτης and Μιθραδάτης ), the name of two [[Persian]] officers after the exile. </p> <p> 1. The "treasurer" (גַּזְבָּר ) of king Cyrus, commissioned by him to restore the sacred vessels of the [[Temple]] to Sheshbazzar, the [[Jewish]] chief (Ezra 1:8). B.C. 536. </p> <p> 2. One of the governors of Samaria, who wrote to king Artaxxerxes, or Smerdis, charging the [[Jews]] with rebellious designs in rebuilding [[Jerusalem]] (Ezra 4:7). B.C. 522. </p> | |||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_32533"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/mithredath Mithredath from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_36563"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/mithredath Mithredath from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_42505"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/mithredath Mithredath from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_46468"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hitchcock-s-bible-names/mithredath Mithredath from Hitchcock's Bible Names]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_48215"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hawker-s-poor-man-s-concordance-and-dictionary/mithredath Mithredath from Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_52759"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/mithredath Mithredath from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_67747"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/mithredath Mithredath from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_73995"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/mithredath Mithredath from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_6372"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/mithredath Mithredath from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_6372"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/mithredath Mithredath from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_51057"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/mithredath Mithredath from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | |||
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