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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_51109" /> ==
<p> <strong> [[Gabatha]] </strong> . One of two eunuchs whose plot against [[Artaxerxes]] (the Ahasuerus, <em> i.e. </em> Xerxes, of canonical Est.) was discovered and frustrated by [[Mardocheus]] (Mordecai). Ad. Est 12:1. In &nbsp; Esther 2:21 he is called <strong> [[Bigthan]] </strong> and in &nbsp; Esther 6:2 <strong> [[Bigthana]] </strong> . </p>
       
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_40969" /> ==
<p> ( '''''Γαβαθά''''' ), one of the eunuchs of king Xerxes, the exposure of whose plots by [[Mardochaeus]] led to their execution (Esth. 12:1, Apocr.); evidently the BIGTHAN (See Bigthan) (q.v.) of the Heb. text (&nbsp;Esther 2:21). </p>
       
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3942" /> ==
<p> ''''' gab´a ''''' - ''''' tha ''''' ( Γαβαθά , <i> ''''' Gabathá ''''' </i> ): A eunuch of Mardocheus (Additions to Esther 12:1). </p>
       
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Gabatha <ref name="term_40965" />
<ref name="term_51109"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/gabatha Gabatha from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>
<p> ( '''''Γαβαθά''''' ), a village ( '''''Κώμη''''' ) mentioned only by [[Eusebius]] and [[Jerome]] ( ''Ononzast.'' s.v. '''''Γαβαθών''''' , Gabathon) as lying on the eastern part of the great plain Daroma (Esdraelon), near Diocaesarea; a position corresponding with that of the modern village ''Jebata,'' north of the [[Kishon]] (Ritter, ''Erdk.'' 16:748), seen but not visited by Robinson ''(Researches,'' 3:201). Euseb. and Jerome elsewhere (ib. s.v. '''''Γαβαάς''''' , Gabaath) mention a place of the same name as being twelve miles from Eleutheropolis, and containing the tomb of the prophet Habakkuk (a statement which Reland, ''Palaest.'' page 772, reconciles with their location of the same prophet's tomb at Keilah); but this seems to have been the [[Benjamite]] [[Gibeah]] (q.v.). For the [[Gabatha]] ( '''''Γαβαθά''''' ) of [[Josephus]] ''(Ant.'' 13:1, 4; comp. Reland, ''Palast.'' page 772), see the [[Nadabatha]] ( '''''Ναδαβάθ''''' ) of the [[Apocrypha]] (&nbsp;1 [[Maccabees]] 4:37). </p>
       
 
<ref name="term_40969"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/gabatha Gabatha from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
== References ==
       
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<ref name="term_3942"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/gabatha Gabatha from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
<ref name="term_40965"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/gabatha+(2) Gabatha from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
       
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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]

Gabatha . One of two eunuchs whose plot against Artaxerxes (the Ahasuerus, i.e. Xerxes, of canonical Est.) was discovered and frustrated by Mardocheus (Mordecai). Ad. Est 12:1. In   Esther 2:21 he is called Bigthan and in   Esther 6:2 Bigthana .

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]

( Γαβαθά ), one of the eunuchs of king Xerxes, the exposure of whose plots by Mardochaeus led to their execution (Esth. 12:1, Apocr.); evidently the BIGTHAN (See Bigthan) (q.v.) of the Heb. text ( Esther 2:21).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]

gab´a - tha ( Γαβαθά , Gabathá ): A eunuch of Mardocheus (Additions to Esther 12:1).

References

  1. ↑ Gabatha from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
  2. ↑ Gabatha from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
  3. ↑ Gabatha from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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