Midvash

מִתְרְדָתMithrᵉdâth

proper name, masculine: name of two Persians

Pronunciation: mith-red-awth' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4990

Meanings

1. Cyrus' time (Ezra 1:8)

2. Artaxerxes' time (Ezra 4:7)

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Ezra 1:8 Cyrus directed Mithredath, the treasurer of Persia, to count these items and present them to Sheshbazzar, the leader of the exiles returning to Judah.
  • Ezra 4:7 Even later, during the reign of King Artaxerxes of Persia, the enemies of Judah, led by Bishlam, Mithredath, and Tabeel, sent a letter to Artaxerxes in the Aramaic language, and it was translated for the king.

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).