Bigtha

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Esther 1:10

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Esther 1:10.

Holman Bible Dictionary

Esther 1:10 Esther 2:21Bigthan

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

BIGTHA . A eunuch of Ahasuerus ( Esther 1:10 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

One of the chamberlains of Ahasuerus. Esther 1:10 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

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

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

(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.