Shaashgaz

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

The eunuch in Xerxes' palace, who had charge of those women in the second house, i.e. who had been in to the king ( Esther 2:14).

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Shaashgaz . A chamberlain of Ahasuerus (  Esther 2:14 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Chamberlain or eunuch of Ahasuerus, king of Persia.  Esther 2:14 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Esther 2:14

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Esther 2:14

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

shā - ash´gaz ( שׁעשׁגּז , sha‛ashgāz  ; Septuagint reads Γαί , Gaı́ , the same name it gives to the official referred to in   Esther 2:8 ,  Esther 2:15; the name may go back to the Old Bactrian word Sasakshant, "one anxious to learn" (Scheft); most commentators suggest no explanation): A chamberlain of Ahasuerus, king of Persia; as keeper of "the second house of women," he had Esther under his charge ( Esther 2:14 ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Shaashgaz', שִׁעִשְׁגִּז , Persian, Servant of the Beautiful ; Sept. Γαι ), the appropriate name of a Persian eunuch, the keeper of the concubines in the court of Xerxes ( Esther 2:14). B.C. cir. 525. (See Hegai).

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Shaash´gaz, the appropriate name (meaning in Persian, servant of the beautiful) of a Persian eunuch, the keeper of the women in the court of Ahasuerus .