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<p> '''''big´tha''''' ( בּגתא , <i> '''''bighethā'''''' </i> ; [[Septuagint]] Βαραζί , <i> '''''Barazı́''''' </i> ; [[Codex]] Vaticanus, Βωραζή , <i> '''''Bōrazḗ''''' </i> ; Codex Alexandrinus, Ὀαρεβωά , <i> '''''Oarebōá''''' </i> ): One of the seven eunuchs or chamberlains having charge of the harem of King Xerxes (" <i> [[Ahasuerus]] </i> ") and commanded to bring [[Vashti]] to the king's banquet ( Esther 1:10 ). </p> | |||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30721" /> == | |||
Esther 1:10 <p> </p> | |||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34767" /> == | |||
<p> Esther 1:10. </p> | |||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_38861" /> == | |||
Esther 1:10 Esther 2:21[[Bigthan]] <p> </p> | |||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49679" /> == | |||
<p> <strong> BIGTHA </strong> . A eunuch of [[Ahasuerus]] ( Esther 1:10 ). </p> | |||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_65193" /> == | |||
<p> One of the chamberlains of Ahasuerus. Esther 1:10 . </p> | |||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71605" /> == | |||
<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> | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_1797" /> == | |||
<p> '''''big´tha''''' ( בּגתא , <i> '''''bighethā'''''' </i> ; [[Septuagint]] Βαραζί , <i> '''''Barazı́''''' </i> ; [[Codex]] Vaticanus, Βωραζή , <i> '''''Bōrazḗ''''' </i> ; Codex Alexandrinus, Ὀαρεβωά , <i> '''''Oarebōá''''' </i> ): One of the seven eunuchs or chamberlains having charge of the harem of King Xerxes (" <i> [[Ahasuerus]] </i> ") and commanded to bring [[Vashti]] to the king's banquet ( Esther 1:10 ). </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_25191" /> == | |||
<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> | |||
==References == | |||
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<ref name="term_30721"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/bigtha Bigtha from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_34767"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/bigtha Bigtha from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_38861"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/bigtha Bigtha from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_49679"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/bigtha Bigtha from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_65193"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/bigtha Bigtha from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_71605"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/bigtha Bigtha from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_1797"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/bigtha Bigtha from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_25191"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/bigtha Bigtha from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | |||
</references> | |||
Revision as of 16:51, 8 October 2021
Easton's Bible Dictionary [1]
Esther 1:10
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [2]
Esther 1:10.
Holman Bible Dictionary [3]
Esther 1:10 Esther 2:21Bigthan
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [4]
BIGTHA . A eunuch of Ahasuerus ( Esther 1:10 ).
Morrish Bible Dictionary [5]
One of the chamberlains of Ahasuerus. Esther 1:10 .
Smith's Bible Dictionary [6]
Big'tha. (gift of God). One of the seven chamberlains or eunuchs, of the harem of King Ahasuerus. Esther 1:10. (B.C. 483).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [7]
big´tha ( בּגתא , bighethā' ; Septuagint Βαραζί , Barazı́ ; Codex Vaticanus, Βωραζή , Bōrazḗ ; Codex Alexandrinus, Ὀαρεβωά , Oarebōá ): One of the seven eunuchs or chamberlains having charge of the harem of King Xerxes (" Ahasuerus ") and commanded to bring Vashti to the king's banquet ( Esther 1:10 ).
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [8]
(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.
References
- ↑ Bigtha from Easton's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Bigtha from Fausset's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Bigtha from Holman Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Bigtha from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Bigtha from Morrish Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Bigtha from Smith's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Bigtha from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- ↑ Bigtha from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
