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MITHREDATH
(Mithʹre·dath) [from Persian, meaning “Gift of Mithra”].
1. The treasurer of Cyrus who, under royal command, turned over some 5,400 temple utensils of gold and silver to the Israelites for return to Jerusalem.—Ezr 1:7, 8, 11.
2. An opposer of the postexilic temple reconstruction who shared with others in writing a letter to Persian King Artaxerxes falsely accusing the Jews.—Ezr 4:7.
