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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_54083" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_54083" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> [[Shaashgaz]] </strong> . | <p> <strong> [[Shaashgaz]] </strong> . A chamberlain of [[Ahasuerus]] ( Esther 2:14 ). </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_68467" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_68467" /> == | ||
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== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_8072" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_8072" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' shā ''''' - ''''' ash´gaz ''''' ( שׁעשׁגּז , <i> ''''' sha‛ashgāz ''''' </i> ; [[Septuagint]] reads Γαί , <i> ''''' Gaı́ ''''' </i> , the same name it gives to the official referred to in Esther 2:8 , Esther 2:15; the name may go back to the Old Bactrian word Sasakshant, "one anxious to learn" (Scheft); most commentators suggest no explanation): | <p> ''''' shā ''''' - ''''' ash´gaz ''''' ( שׁעשׁגּז , <i> ''''' sha‛ashgāz ''''' </i> ; [[Septuagint]] reads Γαί , <i> ''''' Gaı́ ''''' </i> , the same name it gives to the official referred to in Esther 2:8 , Esther 2:15; the name may go back to the Old Bactrian word Sasakshant, "one anxious to learn" (Scheft); most commentators suggest no explanation): A chamberlain of Ahasuerus, king of Persia; as keeper of "the second house of women," he had Esther under his charge ( Esther 2:14 ). </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_60317" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_60317" /> == | ||
<p> (Heb. Shaashgaz', שִׁעִשְׁגִּז, Persian, '' | <p> (Heb. Shaashgaz', '''''שִׁעִשְׁגִּז''''' , Persian, [[Servant]] of the [[Beautiful]] ; Sept. '''''Γαι''''' ), the appropriate name of a [[Persian]] eunuch, the keeper of the concubines in the court of Xerxes ( Esther 2:14). B.C. cir. 525. (See [[Hegai]]). </p> | ||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16775" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16775" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 07:19, 15 October 2021
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [1]
The eunuch in Xerxes' palace, who had charge of those women in the second house, i.e. who had been in to the king ( Esther 2:14).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
Shaashgaz . A chamberlain of Ahasuerus ( Esther 2:14 ).
Morrish Bible Dictionary [3]
Chamberlain or eunuch of Ahasuerus, king of Persia. Esther 2:14 .
Holman Bible Dictionary [4]
Esther 2:14
Easton's Bible Dictionary [5]
Esther 2:14
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [6]
shā - ash´gaz ( שׁעשׁגּז , sha‛ashgāz ; Septuagint reads Γαί , Gaı́ , the same name it gives to the official referred to in Esther 2:8 , Esther 2:15; the name may go back to the Old Bactrian word Sasakshant, "one anxious to learn" (Scheft); most commentators suggest no explanation): A chamberlain of Ahasuerus, king of Persia; as keeper of "the second house of women," he had Esther under his charge ( Esther 2:14 ).
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [7]
(Heb. Shaashgaz', שִׁעִשְׁגִּז , Persian, Servant of the Beautiful ; Sept. Γαι ), the appropriate name of a Persian eunuch, the keeper of the concubines in the court of Xerxes ( Esther 2:14). B.C. cir. 525. (See Hegai).
Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature [8]
Shaash´gaz, the appropriate name (meaning in Persian, servant of the beautiful) of a Persian eunuch, the keeper of the women in the court of Ahasuerus .
References
- ↑ Shaashgaz from Fausset's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Shaashgaz from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Shaashgaz from Morrish Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Shaashgaz from Holman Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Shaashgaz from Easton's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Shaashgaz from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- ↑ Shaashgaz from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
- ↑ Shaashgaz from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature
