Hammedatha

The father of Haman, the enemy of the Jews.

A written article for Hammedatha is still to come. Below and alongside: where Hammedatha appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

  • 600 BC
    400 BC
  • Hammedatha
    453 BC to 452 BC

Original word

  • מְדָתָא hammedatha
    H4099
Relationships
Son: Haman
Citations
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Where Hammedatha appears in Scripture

Esther 3

אַחַר׀ הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה גִּדַּל הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ אֶת-הָמָן בֶּֽן-הַמְּדָתָא הָֽאֲגָגִי וַֽיְנַשְּׂאֵהוּ וַיָּשֶׂם אֶת-כִּסְאוֹ מֵעַל כָּל-הַשָּׂרִים אֲשֶׁר אִתּֽוֹ׃
1
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.
וַיָּסַר הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת-טַבַּעְתּוֹ מֵעַל יָדוֹ וַֽיִּתְּנָהּ לְהָמָן בֶּֽן-הַמְּדָתָא הָֽאֲגָגִי צֹרֵר הַיְּהוּדִֽים׃
10
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

וַתֹּאמֶר אִם-עַל-הַמֶּלֶךְ טוֹב וְאִם-מָצָאתִי חֵן לְפָנָיו וְכָשֵׁר הַדָּבָר לִפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ וְטוֹבָה אֲנִי בְּעֵינָיו יִכָּתֵב לְהָשִׁיב אֶת-הַסְּפָרִים מַֽחֲשֶׁבֶת הָמָן בֶּֽן-הַמְּדָתָא הָֽאֲגָגִי אֲשֶׁר כָּתַב לְאַבֵּד אֶת-הַיְּהוּדִים אֲשֶׁר בְּכָל-מְדִינוֹת הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
5
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 to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces:

Esther 9

עֲשֶׂרֶת בְּנֵי הָמָן בֶּֽן-הַמְּדָתָא צֹרֵר הַיְּהוּדִים הָרָגוּ וּבַבִּזָּה לֹא שָֽׁלְחוּ אֶת-יָדָֽם׃
10
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.
כִּי הָמָן בֶּֽן-הַמְּדָתָא הָֽאֲגָגִי צֹרֵר כָּל-הַיְּהוּדִים חָשַׁב עַל-הַיְּהוּדִים לְאַבְּדָם וְהִפִּיל פּוּר הוּא הַגּוֹרָל לְהֻמָּם וּֽלְאַבְּדָֽם׃
24
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;