Lexical Summary Achmetha: the capital of Media Original Word: אַחְמְתָאTransliteration: Achmetha Phonetic Spelling: (akh-me-thaw') Part of Speech: Proper Name Location Short Definition: the capital of Media Meaning: Ecbatana -- the capital of Media Strong's Concordance Achmetha Of Persian derivation; Achmetha (i.e. Ecbatana), the summer capital of Persia -- Achmetha. Brown-Driver-Briggs H307. Achmetha אַחְמְתָא (originally תָן+?תָנָא+?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 „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; ᵐ5 Ἐκβατανα2Mace 9:3 +; MeyGeschichte. d. Alt. i. § 485 Streckl.c. 367 f. |
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