H8190: שַׁעַשְׁגַּז
Shaʻashgaz · pronounced shah-ash-gaz' · “Shaashgaz”
Definition
Shaashgaz, a eunuch of Xerxes
KJV translates it as: Shaashgaz.
Word origin: of Persian derivation;
Extended definition
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Est.2.14
§ Shaashgaz = "servant of the beautiful"
the eunuch in the palace of Xerxes who was in charge of the women in the 2nd house
§ Shaashgaz = "servant of the beautiful"
the eunuch in the palace of Xerxes who was in charge of the women in the 2nd house
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H8190 is translated
- shaashgaz ×1
Bible verses with H8190 (Shaʻashgaz)
Shaʻashgaz appears in 1 verse.
- 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.