Strong Hebrew #307 - אַחְמְתָא Achmetha
| Original Word: | אַחְמְתָא |
| Transliteration: | Achmetha |
| Phonetic Spelling: | (akh-me-thaw') |
| Definition: | the capital of Media |
| Part of Speech: | Proper Name Location |
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Achmetha
Of Persian derivation; Achmetha (i.e. Ecbatana), the summer capital of Persia -- Achmetha.
Englishman's Concordance
Achmetha=“Ecbatana”
1) capital of Media, captured by Cyrus in 550 BC and then summer residence of Persian kings
Part of Speech: noun proper locative
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: of Persian derivation
Brown-Driver-Briggs
אַחְמְתָא (originally
תָןתָנָאZA 15, 368)
proper name, of a locationEcbatana, Ezra 6:2; capital of Media, captured by Cyrus ( B.C. 550), and then summer residence of Persian kings; modern
„amadân, Spieg244 MargoliouthHast. DB ACHMETHA, especially BrugschReise n. Persien (1862), i. 360-392 (Old Median Agmatana DlCalwer Bib. Lex.; Old Persian Hangamata§na (=place of assembling) Spiegl.c., Babylonian Agam(a)tanu Beh60, Bezp. 26, etc.; Ἀγβάτανα Herodi. 98; ᵐ5Ἐκβατανα2Mace Ezra 9:3 +; MeyGeschichte. d. Alt. i. § 485 Streckl.c. 367 f.
Englishman's Concordance (References)
Strong's Hebrew: 307. Achmetha — 1 Occurrence
Ezra 6:2
HEB: וְהִשְׁתְּכַ֣ח בְּאַחְמְתָ֗א בְּבִֽירְתָ֛א דִּ֛י
NAS:In Ecbatana in the fortress, which
KJV: And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace
INT: was found Ecbatana the palace which