Bible Dictionary

Ecbatana

Easton's Bible Dictionary 1897

(Ezra 6:2 marg.). (See ACHMETHA.)

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1863

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.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 1915

ek-bat'-a-na

(Ezr 6:2 margin).

See ACHMETHA.