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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49881" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49881" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> [[Bagoas]] </strong> . | <p> <strong> [[Bagoas]] </strong> . A eunuch in the service of [[Holofernes]] ( Jdt 12:11; Jdt 12:13; Jdt 12:15; Jdt 13:3; Jdt 14:14 ). </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_22351" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_22351" /> == | ||
<p> (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 | <p> (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.). </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_1714" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_1714" /> == | ||
<p> '''''ba''''' -'''''gō´as''''' Βαγώας , <i> '''''Bagō̇as''''' </i> ̌ : 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 | <p> '''''ba''''' -'''''gō´as''''' Βαγώας , <i> '''''Bagō̇as''''' </i> ̌ : 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 . </p> | ||
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