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mitrᵊdāt מִתְרְדָת ‘Mithredath’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: of Persian origin

mitrᵊdāt pr n m pers
Mithredath = "given by Mithra"
1) treasurer of king Cyrus of Persia
2) a Persian officer stationed at Samaria in the time of Artaxerxes

Mentioned in Ezra 4:7, 1:8

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