Admatha

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Fausset's Bible Dictionary [1]

Esther 1:14 .

Holman Bible Dictionary [2]

Esther 1:14

Hitchcock's Bible Names [3]

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [4]

ADMATHA ( Esther 1:14 ). One of the seven wise men or counsellors of Ahasuerus, who were granted admittance to the king’s presence (cf. 2 Kings 25:19 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary [5]

One of the seven princes of Persia and Media. Esther 1:14 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary [6]

Ad'matha. (given by the highest). One of the seven princes of Persia. Esther 1:14 .

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [7]

<translit> ad´ma </translit> - <translit> tha </translit> , <translit> ad </translit> - <translit> mā´tha </translit> ( אדמתא , <translit> 'adhmāthā' </translit> ): One of "the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and sat first in the kingdom" ( Esther 1:14 ); compare 2 Kings 25:19  ; Ezra 7:14 . The Septuagint gives only three names.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [8]

(Heb. Admatha , אִדְמָתָא , prob. from Persic thma, "the Highest," and ta-data, "given;" i. q. Theodore; Sept. Ἀδμαθά , but most copies omit; Vulg. Admatha), the third named of the seven princes or courtiers of Xerxes ( Esther 1:14 ), B.C. 483.

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