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== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_32533" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_32533" /> == | ||
<li> Ezra 4:7 , a Persian officer in Samaria. <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictionary topics are from | <li> Ezra 4:7 , a Persian officer in Samaria. <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These 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 Information''' Easton, 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" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_36563" /> == | ||
<p> ("given by Mithra") ''( | <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> | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_73995" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_73995" /> == | ||
<p> '''Mith'redath.''' ''( | <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> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_67747" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_67747" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_51057" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_51057" /> == | ||
<p> (Heb. Mithredath', מַתְרְדָת '','' from the Pers. '' | <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> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6372" /> == | == 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) | <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> | ||
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