H4099 - מְדָתָא (Mᵉdâthâʼ)

H4099 מְדָתָא (Mᵉdâthâʼ) med-aw-thaw'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine)

Quick Definition

Hammedatha

Biblical Persons & Places

Hammedatha Man living at the time of Exile and Return

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Est.3.1; only referred to as Hammedatha (הַמְּדָתָא); father of Haman.

Strong's Definition

Medatha, the father of Haman

Derivation: of Persian origin;

KJV Usage: Hammedatha (including the article).

Outline of Biblical Usage

Hammedatha = "double"

1) father of Haman

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Est.3.1; father of: Haman (H2001) § Hammedatha = "double" father of Haman

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מְדָתָא medâthâ BDB Definition: Hammedatha = double 1) father of Haman Part of Speech: noun proper masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: of Persian origin Total KJV Occurrences: 5

Bible Occurrences (5)

3:1 3:10 8:5 9:10 9:24

Esther 3:1

After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him... to a position above all the princes who [were] with him.

Esther 3:10

So the king removed the signet ring from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.

Esther 8:5

If it pleases...... the king, she said, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter [seems] proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order be written to revoke the letters that the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.

Esther 9:10

They killed these ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.

Esther 9:24

For Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them.