EBD: Ecbatana
SMITH: ECBATANA
ISBE: ECBATANA
Ecbatana
In Bible versions:
Ecbatana: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
a town; capital of the Babylonian province of Media
Hebrew
Strongs #0307: atmxa 'Achm@tha' (Aramaic)
Achmetha = "Ecbatana"1) capital of Media, captured by Cyrus in 550 BC and then summer
residence of Persian kings
307 'Achmtha' akh-me-thaw'
of Persian derivation; Achmetha (i.e. Ecbatana), the summer capital of Persia: KJV -- Achmetha.Ecbatana [ebd]
(Ezra 6:2 marg.). (See ACHMETHA.)
ECBATANA [smith]
Ezra 6:2 margin. In the apocryphal books Ecbatana is frequently mentioned. Two cities named Ecbatana seem to have existed in ancient times, one the capital of northern Media --the Media Atropatene of Strabo --the other the metropolis of the larger and more important province known as Media Magna. The site of the former appears to be marked by the very curious ruins at Takht-i-Suleiman.
