Hegai

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Esther 2:8

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

(Esther 2:3; Esther 2:8; Esther 2:15.) Eunuch, or chamberlain, in charge of the women of Ahasuerus' harem. Akin to the Sanskrit aja , "eunuch". Hegias is mentioned by the pagan Ctesias as of Xerxes' ("Ahasuerus") court.

Holman Bible Dictionary

Esther 2:8-92:15

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

HEGAI or HEGE ( Esther 2:8; Esther 2:15; Esther 2:3 ). A eunuch of Abasuerus, and keeper of the women, to whom the maidens were entrusted before they were brought in to the king.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Hega'i. (eunuch). One of the eunuchs, of the court of Ahasuerus. Esther 2:8; Esther 2:15. (B.C. 474).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Hegay', הֵגִי, perh. eunuch, Esther 2:8; Esther 2:15; Sept. Τα ‹,Vulg. Egeus) or He'ge (Heb. id. הֵגֶא idem, Esther 2:3; Sept. omits, Vulg. Egeus), the eunuch having charge of the harem of Xerxes, and the preparation of the females sought as concubines for him. B.C. 479. Winer (Wö rterbuch s.v.) thinks he may be the same with Hegias ( ῾Ηγίας), who is mentioned by Ctesias (Perseus, 24) as present at the check of the Persian army at Thermopylae.