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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71605" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71605" /> == | ||
<p> '''Big'tha.''' ''( | <p> '''Big'tha.''' ''(Gift Of God).'' One of the seven chamberlains or eunuchs, of the harem of King Ahasuerus. Esther 1:10. (B.C. 483). </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_38861" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_38861" /> == | ||
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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49679" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49679" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> [[Bigtha]] </strong> . | <p> <strong> [[Bigtha]] </strong> . A eunuch of [[Ahasuerus]] ( Esther 1:10 ). </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_65193" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_65193" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_25191" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_25191" /> == | ||
<p> (Heb. Bigtha', בַּגְתָא, [[Gesenius]] thinks perhaps '' | <p> (Heb. Bigtha', בַּגְתָא, [[Gesenius]] thinks perhaps ''Garden,'' (See [[Bigvai]]); but, according to Furst ''[Handwort.'' s.v.], the first syllable בַּגאּ appears to be the Βαγ so often met with in [[Persian]] prop., names [e.g. Bagorazus, Bagoas; (See Bigthan), (See [[Abagtha]]) ], possibly connected with the Zend. baga and Sanscrit bhag c, fortune; while the termination אּתָא or אּתָן for אּת נָא may be the - τάνης likewise occurring in Persian prop. names [e.g. Otanes, Catanes, Petanes], from the Sanscrit ''Tanu,'' Zend. ''Ten, Body'' or ''Life;'' Sept. Βαραζί, but other copies [by confusion with one of the other names] Ζηβαδαθά; Vulg. ''Bagatha),'' the fourth named of the seven eunuchs (סָרַיסַים, "chamberlains"), having charge of the harem of Xerxes ("Ahasuerus"), and commanded to bring in [[Vashti]] to the king's drinking- party ( Esther 1:10). B.C. 483. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_1797" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_1797" /> == |