I always thought that the Greek and Hebrew spellings were arrived at
independently of each other.
Karl W. Randolph.
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From: "Peter Kirk" <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
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> The name is of course Persian. The Greek forms probably derive from the
> Persian, possibly through an Aramaic form as Aramaic was the court
> language of the time. It is very unlikely that the Greek spelling
> derives from the Hebrew.
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