מְדָתָאMᵉdâthâʼ
proper name, masculine: father of Haman (Esther 3:1; Esther 3:10; Esther 8:5; Esther 9:24; Esther 9:10)
Pronunciation: med-aw-thaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4099
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Esther 3:1 Some time later King Xerxes promoted Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite over all the other nobles, making him the most powerful official in the empire.
- Esther 3:10 The king agreed, confirming his decision by removing his signet ring from his finger and giving it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
- Esther 8:5 Esther said, “If it please the king, and if I have found favor with him, and if he thinks it is right, and if I am pleasing to him, let there be a decree that reverses the orders of Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, who ordered that Jews throughout all the king’s provinces should be destroyed.
- Esther 9:10 the ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews. But they did not take any plunder.
- Esther 9:24 Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews, had plotted to crush and destroy them on the date determined by casting lots (the lots were called purim).
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).