Artaxerxes

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4/23/2024, 9:35 PM	Mike C	update #115
12/7/2022, 9:35 PM	Mike C	update #113
5/29/2020, 9:30 PM	Mike C	update #108
2/12/2018, 1:19 AM	Mike C	update #98
12/8/2017, 12:41 PM	Mike C	update #97
1/10/2017, 9:56 AM	Mike C	update #94
3/14/2016, 9:26 PM	Mike C	update #91
12/3/2014, 12:28 AM	Mike C	update #89
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Masculine

Usage Old Persian (Hellenized), Biblical, History

Scripts 𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎠(Old Persian) Ἀρταξέρξης(Ancient Greek)

Meaning & History

Greek form of the Old Persian name 𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎠 (Artaxšaça) meaning "reign through truth", derived from 𐎠𐎼𐎫 (arta) meaning "truth" and 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶 (xšaçam) meaning "reign, kingdom" [1]. This was the name of several Achaemenid Persian rulers. It was also borne by the founder of the Sasanian Empire, usually known by the Middle Persian form Ardashir.