Bagoas

== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible ==

BAGOAS . A eunuch in the service of Holofernes ( Jdt 12:11; Jdt 12:13; Jdt 12:15; Jdt 13:3; Jdt 14:14 ).

== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia ==

ba -gō´as Βαγώας , Bagō̇as ̌ : The eunuch in charge of the household of Holofernes whom the latter engaged to bring Judith to his palace (Judith 12:11ff; 13:1, 3; 14:14). Compare Judith .

== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature ==

(Βαγώας ), the eunuch (or chamberlain) who had charge of the tent of Holofernes, and introduced Judith (Judith 12:11; Judith 12:13; Judith 12:15; Judith 13:1; Judith 13:3; Judith 14:14). The name is said (Pott, Etymol. Forsch. 1, 37) to be equivalent to eunuch in Persian (Pliny Hist. Nat. 13:4, 9), and, as such, was probably a title of office rather than a personal appellation (see Quintil. v. 12; comp. Burmann ad Ovid. Amos 2:2; Amos 2:1). Accordingly, we find the name often recurring in Eastern history (see Smith's Dict. of Class. Biog. s.v.) even so late as that of the chief eunuch of Herod's harem, who was put to death for intriguing with the Pharisees (Josephus, Ant. 17:2, 4 ad fin.).