Topic
Hammedatha
6 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Esther 3:1Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave Father of Haman
After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.
- Esther 3:10Easton · Smith · Nave Father of Haman
And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy.
- Esther 8:5Easton · Smith · Nave Father of Haman
And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote…
- Esther 9:1–32Smith
Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king’s commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned…
- Esther 9:10Nave Father of Haman
The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.
- Esther 9:24Nave Father of Haman
Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 3 references
Father of Haman, designated usually “the Agagite” (Esther 3:1, 10; 8:5).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 4 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 1 references
ham-e-da'-tha (hammedhatha'): The father of Haman (Es 3:1). He is generally termed the "Agagite"; the name is of Persian etymology, signifying "given by the moon."
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.