307. Achmetha
Strong's Lexicon
Achmetha: Achmetha

Original Word: אַחְמְתָא
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Transliteration: Achmtha'
Pronunciation: akh-meh-thah
Phonetic Spelling: (akh-me-thaw')
Definition: Achmetha
Meaning: Achmetha

Word Origin: Of foreign origin

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There is no direct Greek equivalent for Achmetha in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as it is a specific proper noun referring to a location in the Hebrew text.

Usage: Achmetha is a proper noun referring to a location, specifically a city. In the context of the Bible, it is identified as the capital of the province of Media, known in historical records as Ecbatana. The term is used to denote a place of significance in the Persian Empire.

Cultural and Historical Background: Achmetha, or Ecbatana, was an ancient city located in what is now modern-day Iran. It served as the capital of the Median Empire and later became a significant city in the Achaemenid Empire under Persian rule. The city was known for its strategic location and its role as a royal residence. It was a center of administration and governance, reflecting the grandeur and power of the empires that controlled it.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
(Aramaic) of foreign origin
Definition
the capital of Media
NASB Translation
Ecbatana (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
אַחְמְתָא (originally תָן#NAME?תָנָא#NAME?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 Ezra 9:3 +; MeyGeschichte. d. Alt. i. § 485 Streckl.c. 367 f.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Achmetha

Of Persian derivation; Achmetha (i.e. Ecbatana), the summer capital of Persia -- Achmetha.

Forms and Transliterations
בְּאַחְמְתָ֗א באחמתא bə’aḥməṯā bə·’aḥ·mə·ṯā beachmeTa
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Englishman's Concordance
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

1 Occurrence

Strong's Hebrew 307
1 Occurrence


bə·’aḥ·mə·ṯā — 1 Occ.















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