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Parshandatha

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Parshandatha, one of the ten sons of Haman killed by the Jews.

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Parshandatha was one of the ten sons of Haman, the enemy of the Jews, who was killed when the Jews defended themselves from their enemies, as recorded in Est.9.7. After Haman plotted to destroy the Jews throughout the Persian empire, they were granted permission by King Xerxes to fight back against anyone who attacked them. On the appointed days, the 13th and 14th of the month of Adar, the Jews struck down their enemies, including Parshandatha and his brothers.

Family

Father
Haman
Mother
Zeresh

Bible dictionary

Parshandatha Easton Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

An interpreter of the law, the eldest of Haman’s sons, slain in Shushan (Esther 9:7).

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Parshandatha Smith Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)

(given by prayer), the eldest of Haman’s ten sons who were slain by the Jews in Shushan. (Esther 9:7) (B.C. 473.)

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Parshandatha Hitchcock Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

given by prayer

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Parshandatha Hastings Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible (1898)

PARSHAN'DATHA (given by prayer), the eldest of the ten sons of Haman; slain by the Jews in Shushan. Esth 9:7.

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Parshandatha Schaff Schaff’s Dictionary of the Bible

PARSHAN'DATHA (given by prayer), the eldest of the ten sons of

Haman; slain by the Jews in Shushan. Esth 9:7.

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Easton (1897), Smith (1863), Hitchcock (1869), Hastings (1898) and Schaff are in the public domain. Parsed text: neuu-org/bible-dictionary-dataset (CC BY 4.0). Headwords and whitespace normalised for this site.

Where Parshandatha appears

1 verse in 1 book · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H6577

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Names, family links and references: STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Short descriptions were drafted with AI assistance by STEPBible. Family links follow STEPBible’s scholarly decisions where genealogies are ambiguous.