Lexicon :: Strong's H307 - 'aḥmᵊṯā'

אַחְמְתָא
Transliteration
'aḥmᵊṯā'
Pronunciation
akh-me-thaw'
Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Persian derivation
Strong’s Definitions

אַחְמְתָא ʼAchmᵉthâʼ, akh-me-thaw'; of Persian derivation; Achmetha (i.e. Ecbatana), the summer capital of Persia:—Achmetha.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's H307 in the following manner: Achmetha (1x).

  1. Achmetha = "Ecbatana"

    1. capital of Media, captured by Cyrus in 550 BC and then summer residence of Persian kings

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַחְמְתָא ʼAchmᵉthâʼ, akh-me-thaw'; of Persian derivation; Achmetha (i.e. Ecbatana), the summer capital of Persia:—Achmetha.
STRONGS H307: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

† אַחְמְתָא (originally תָ־חָן —תָ־חָנָא Nö in StreckZA 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 Ḥamadân, Spieg244 MargoliouthHast. DB ACHMETHA, especially BrugschReise n. Persien (1862), i. 360-392 (Old Median Agmatana DlCalwer Bib. Lex.; Old Persian Hañgamatâna (=place of assembling) Spiegl.c., Babylonian Agam(a)tanu Beh60, Bezp. 26, etc.; Ἀγβάτανα Herodi. 98; Ἐκβατανα 2 Macc 9:3 +; MeyGeschichte. d. Alt. i. § 485 Streckl.c. 367 f.
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