a cloud of death; a mortal vapor
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
ADMATHA (Est_1:14).One of the seven wise men or counsellors of Ahasuerus, who were granted admittance to the kings presence (cf. 2Ki_25:19).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Ad'matha. (given by the highest). One of the seven princes of Persia. Est_1:14.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
ad?ma-tha, ad-mā?tha (אדמתא, 'adhmāthā'): One of ?the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and sat first in the kingdom? (Est_1:14); compare 2Ki_25:19; Ezr_7:14. The Septuagint gives only three names.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Admatha
(Heb. Admatha, אִדְמָתָא, prob. from Persic thma, the Highest, and ta-data, given; i. q. Theodore; Sept. Α᾿δμαθά, but most copies omit; Vulg. Admatha), the third named of the seven princes or courtiers of Xerxes (Est_1:14), B.C. 483.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.