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Hammedatha

Mentioned 452–451 BC traditional (Jones)

Father of Haman, designated usually “the Agagite” (Esther 3:1, 10; 8:5).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

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5 tagged verses in 1 book. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. Esther5

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TextOccurrences of each name
BSBHammedatha 5
KJVHammedatha 5
ASVHammedatha 5

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Esther5 verses
  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

Father of Haman, designated usually “the Agagite” (Esther 3:1, 10; 8:5).