Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #1896 - הֵגֵא Hege' (eunuch of Ahasuerus)

Original Word:	הֵגֵא
Transliteration:	Hege'
Definition:	eunuch of Ahasuerus
Part of Speech:	Proper Name Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(hay-gay')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Hegai, Hege

Or (by permutation) Hegay {hay-gah'-ee}; probably of Persian origin; Hege or Hegai, a eunuch of Xerxes -- Hegai, Hege.

Englishman's Concordance

Hegai or Hege=“eunuch”
1) one of the eunuchs of the court of Ahasuerus
Part of Speech: noun proper masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: probably of Persian origin

Brown-Driver-Briggs

הֵגֵאproper name, masculineeunuch of Ahasuerus (probably Persian; compare Ἠγιας, courtier of Xerxes, Ctesias^{Pers 24}; also Herodot^{ix. 33}; Roed. in Thes Add) Esther 2:3;=הֵגַיEsther 2:8,15, הֵגָ֑יEsther 2:8.

הגג (murmur, then muse; then compare Arabic burn, blaze (of fire), make a murmuring noise in burning; PS gives Syriac phantasma vidit, somniavit; Ethpe`el & especially Ethpa`al mente concepit, imaginatus est; compare also הָגָה).

הֵגַי, הֵגָ֑יproper name, masculine see הֵגֵא.

הגן (Late Hebrew הֲגַן Aramaic הֲגַןbe suitable, fit, worthy: on original meaning compare Fl in NHWB, under the word)

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 1896. הֵגָי (Hege') — 4 Occurrences

Esther 2:3
HEB:אֶל־ יַ֥ד הֵגֶ֛א סְרִ֥יס הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ
NAS: into the custody of Hegai, the king's
KJV: unto the custody of Hege the king's
INT: into the custody of Hegai eunuch the king's

Esther 2:8
HEB:אֶל־ יַ֣ד הֵגָ֑י וַתִּלָּקַ֤ח אֶסְתֵּר֙
NAS: into the custody of Hegai, that Esther
KJV: to the custody of Hegai, that Esther
INT: into the custody of Hegai was taken Esther

Esther 2:8
HEB:אֶל־ יַ֥ד הֵגַ֖י שֹׁמֵ֥ר הַנָּשִֽׁים׃
NAS: into the custody of Hegai, who was in charge
KJV: to the custody of Hegai, keeper
INT: into the custody of Hegai charge of the women

Esther 2:15
HEB:אֲשֶׁ֥ר יֹאמַ֛ר הֵגַ֥י סְרִיס־ הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ
NAS: except what Hegai, the king's eunuch
KJV: nothing but what Hegai the king's
INT: what advised Hegai eunuch the king's

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