Hêgêʼ — H1896

Definition

masculine proper noun

Hege or Hegai, a eunuch of Xerxes

1. Hegai or Hege = "eunuch"
2. one of the eunuchs of the court of Ahasuerus

Usually translated as

Hegai, Hege

Origin

or (by permutation) Hêgay; probably of Persian origin

Occurrences

Hêgêʼ occurs 4 times in 3 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Esther (3)

• Esther 2:3 — And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege (הֵגֶ֛א) the king’s chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
• Esther 2:8 — So it came to pass, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai (הֵגָ֑י), that Esther was brought also unto the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
• Esther 2:8 — So it came to pass, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai (הֵגַ֖י), keeper of the women.
• Esther 2:15 — Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai (הֵגַ֥י) the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.