ARTAXERXES

Meaning of ARTAXERXES in English

Pronunciation: ˌ är-t ə (g)- ' z ə rk- ˌ s ē z

Function: biographical name

name of 3 Pers. kings: I d 425 B.C. (reigned 465-25); II d 359/58 B.C. (reigned 404-359/58); III d 338 B.C. (reigned 359/58-338)

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

ARTAXERXES — biographical name name of 3 Persian kings: I died 425 B.C. (reigned 465-25); II died 359/58 B.C. (reigned 404-359/58); III …
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ARTAXERXES — biographical name name of 3 Persian kings: I died 425 B.C. (reigned 465-25); II died 359/58 B.C. (reigned 404-359/58); III …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ARTAXERXES — Artaxerxes BrE AmE ˌɑːt ə ˈzɜːks iːz -əɡ-, -ək-, ˈ••ˌ•• AmE \ ˌɑːrt̬ ə ˈzɝːks iːz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ARTAXERXES — (the great warrior). â The first Artaxerxes is mentioned in (Ezra 4:7) and appears identical with Smerdis, the Magian impostor …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
ARTAXERXES — the silence of light; fervent to spoil
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ARTAXERXES — Артаксеркс
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ARTAXERXES II — ( "Mnemon" ) died 359? B.C., king of Persia 404?-359?.
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ARTAXERXES III — died , 338 BC Achaemenid king of Persia (reigned 359/358338 BC). He was the son and successor of Artaxerxes II …
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ARTAXERXES II — flourished , late 5th and early 4th centuries BC Achaemenid king of Persia (reigned 404359/358). He was the son and …
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ARTAXERXES I — died 425 BC, Susa, Elam [now in Iran] Achaemenid king of Persia (reigned 465425 BC). He was surnamed in Greek …
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NEHEMIAH — flourished 5th century BC Jewish leader who supervised the rebuilding of Jerusalem . His story is told in the biblical …
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ARNE, THOMAS AUGUSTINE — born March 12, 1710, London, Eng. died March 5, 1778, London British composer. Son of a London upholsterer, he secretly …
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SUSA — /sooh"seuh, -sah/ , n. a ruined city in W Iran: the capital of ancient Elam; palaces of Darius and Artaxerxes …
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DARIUS II — ( Ochus ) died 404 B.C., king of Persia 424-404 (son of Artaxerxes I).
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CYRUS — /suy"reuhs/ , n. 1. ( "the Elder" or "the Great" ) c600-529 B.C., king of Persia 558?-529: founder of the …
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CUNAXA — /kyooh nak"seuh/ , n. an ancient town in Babylonia, near the Euphrates: famous battle between Cyrus the Younger and Artaxerxes …
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TISSAPHERNES — died 395 BC, Colossae, Phrygia [now in Turkey] Old Persian Chithrafarna Persian satrap (governor) who played a leading part in …
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PHARNABAZUS — flourished , late 5th and early 4th centuries BC Persian soldier and statesman who was the hereditary satrap (provincial governor) …
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PERSEPOLIS — Old Persian Parsa, modern Takht-e Jamshid, or Takht-i Jamshid (Persian: Throne of Jamshid) an ancient capital of the Achaemenian kings …
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NEHEMIAH — flourished 5th century BC also spelled Nehemias Jewish leader who supervised the rebuilding of Jerusalem in the mid-5th century BC …
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MEGABYZUS — flourished 5th century BC one of the greatest generals of the ancient Achaemenid Empire of Persia. He was the son …
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EZRA — flourished 4th century BC, , Babylon and Jerusalem Hebrew 'ezra' religious leader of the Jews who returned from exile in …
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CYRUS THE YOUNGER — born after 423, BC died 401, Cunaxa, Babylonia [now in Iraq] younger son of the Achaemenian king Darius II and …
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CUNAXA, BATTLE OF — (401 BC), battle fought between Cyrus the Younger, satrap of Anatolia, and his brother Artaxerxes II over the Achaemenian throne. …
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BAGOAS — flourished 4th century BC confidential minister of the Achaemenid king Artaxerxes III of Persia. His name was the Greek form …
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ARTABANUS — also called Ardaban died 465/464 BC minister of the Achaemenid king Xerxes I of Persia, whom he murdered in 465. …
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ARSES — died June 336 BC Achaemenid king of Persia (reigned November 338June 336 BC); he was the youngest son of Artaxerxes …
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ACHAEMENID DYNASTY — the Persian 27th dynasty of Egypt (525-404 BC), founded by Cambyses II of Persia and named after his family of …
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PERSIA — (pure, splended), Per'sians. Persia proper was a tract of no very large dimensions on the Persian Gulf, which is still …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
NEHEMIAH — (consolation of the Lord). â Son of Hachaliah, and apparently of the tribe of Judah. All that we know certainly …
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EZRA, BOOK OF — is a continuation of the books of Chronicles. The period covered by the book is eighty years, from the first …
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EZRA — (help), called Esdras in the Apocrypha, the famous scribe and priest. He was a learned and pious priest residing at …
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