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Shaashgaz

The name Shaashgaz means “he that presses the fleece; that shears the sheep.” Shaashgaz is mentioned in 1 verse of the Bible, first in Esther 2:14.

Who was Shaashgaz?

Servant of the beautiful, a chief eunuch in the second house of the harem of king Ahasuerus (Esther 2:14).

Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.

Key verses about Shaashgaz

  • Esther 2:14

    In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.