Hammedatha
Hammedatha was the father of Haman, the Persian official who plotted to destroy the Jews in the book of Esther.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
Father of Haman, designated usually "the Agagite" (Esther 3:1, 10; 8:5).
Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.
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Haman
From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.
First named at Esther 3:1.
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Verses that name Hammedatha
- Esther 3:1 After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.
- Esther 3:10 So the king removed the signet ring from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
- Esther 8:5 “If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter seems proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order be written to revoke the letters that the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.
- Esther 9:10 They killed these ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
- Esther 9:24 For Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them.