Strong's Lexicon

H307

H307 — אַחמְתָא

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewAchmthaName/l.Occurrences: 1

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H307
Word:	אַחמְתָא
Part of Speech:	Name/l.
Etymology:	of Persian derivation
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	1
Transliteration:	Achmtha
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	akh-me-thaw'
Meaning:	1. Achmetha (i.e. Ecbatana), the summer capital of Persia
KJV Renderings:	Achmetha.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB9288

אַחְמְתָא (originally תָן- or תָנָא- Nö in Streck^{ZA 15, 368}) proper name [of a location] Ecbatana, Ezra 6:2 capital of Media, captured by Cyrus ( B.C. 550), and then summer residence of Persian kings; modern [untranscribed source text 5895] „amadân , Spieg²⁴⁴ Margoliouth^{Hast. DB
ACHMETHA,} especially Brugsch^{Reise n. Persien (1862), i. 360-392} (Old Median Agmatana Dl^{Calwer Bib. Lex}.; Old Persian Hangamata§na (=place of assembling) Spieg^l.c., Babylonian Agam(a)tanu Beh⁶⁰, Bez^{p. 26, etc}.; Ἀγβάτανα Herod^{i. 98}; ᵐ5 Ἐκβατανα 2 Mace Ezra 9:3 +; Mey^{Geschichte. d. Alt. i. § 485} Streck^{l.c. 367 f}.