Hammedatha

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Smith's Bible Dictionary by William Smith (1863)

Hammed’atha. (double). Father of the infamous Haman. Est 3:1; Est 3:10; Est 8:5; Est 9:24.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary by Andrew Robert Fausset (1878) ↑

Haman’s father. Medatha with the definite article, ha-. (See ESTHER; HAMAN.) In Persian, it means "double".

New and Concise Bible Dictionary by George Morrish (1899) ↑

[Hammeda’tha]

An Agagite, father of Haman. Est 3:1; Est 3:10, etc.

Dictionary of the Bible by James Hastings (1909) ↑

HAMMEDATHA (Est 3:1; Est 3:10; Est 8:5; Est 9:10; Est 9:24; in Ad. Est 12:6, 16:10, 17 Amadathus).—The father of Haman. The name is probably Persian; possibly the etymology is mâh = ‘moon’—data = ‘given.’

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia by James Orr (ed.) (1915) ↑

ham-ē̇-dā´tha (המּדתא, hamm^edhāthā’): The father of Haman (Est 3:1). He is generally termed the “Agagite”; the name is of Persian etymology, signifying “given by the moon.”