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Hegai

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Easton's 1897Smith's 1863ISBE 19153 verse references

Easton's 1897

Eunuch, had charge of the harem of Ahasuerus (Esther 2:8).

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · public domain

Smith's 1863

(eunuch), one of the eunuchs of the court of Ahasuerus. (Esther 2:8,15) (B.C. 474.)

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863) · public domain

ISBE 1915

he'-ga-i, he'-ge (heghay; Gai (Es 2:8,15), and heghe', Hege (Es 2:3)): One of the officers of the Persian king Ahasuerus; a chamberlain or eunuch (keeper of women), into whose custody the "fair young virgins" were delivered from whom the king intended to choose his queen in the place of the discredited Vashti.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain

In Scripture

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