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Lexicon :: Strong's H1896 - hēḡē'

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הֵגֵא
Transliteration
hēḡē'
Pronunciation
hay-gay'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably of Persian origin
Strong’s Definitions

הֵגֵא Hêgêʼ, hay-gay'; or (by permutation) הֵגַי Hêgay; probably of Persian origin; Hege or Hegai, a eunuch of Xerxes:—Hegai, Hege.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H1896 in the following manner: Hegai (3x), Hege (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H1896 in the following manner: Hegai (3x), Hege (1x).

  1. Hegai or Hege = "eunuch"

    1. one of the eunuchs of the court of Ahasuerus

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
הֵגֵא Hêgêʼ, hay-gay'; or (by permutation) הֵגַי Hêgay; probably of Persian origin; Hege or Hegai, a eunuch of Xerxes:—Hegai, Hege.
STRONGS H1896: Abbreviations
† הֵגֵא proper name, masculine eunuch of Ahasuerus (probably Persian; compare Ἠγιας, courtier of Xerxes, CtesiasPers 24; also Herodotix. 33; Roed. in Thes Add) Esther 2:3; = הֵגַי Esther 2:8, 15, הֵגָ֑י Esther 2:8.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Esther

2:3; 2:8; 2:8; 2:15

H1896

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Strong's Number H1896 matches the Hebrew הֵגֵא (hēḡē'),
which occurs 4 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3 - and the king doth appoint inspectors in all provinces of his kingdom, and they gather every young woman -- virgin, of good appearance -- unto Shushan the palace, unto the house of the women, unto the hand of Hege eunuch of the king, keeper of the women, and to give their purifications,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:8 - And it cometh to pass, in the word of the king, even his law, being heard, and in many young women being gathered unto Shushan the palace, unto the hand of Hegai, that Esther is taken unto the house of the king, unto the hand of Hegai, keeper of the women,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:15 - And in the drawing nigh of the turn of Esther -- daughter of Abihail, uncle of Mordecai, whom he had taken to him for a daughter -- to come in unto the king, she hath not sought a thing except that which Hegai eunuch of the king, keeper of the women, saith, and Esther is receiving grace in the eyes of all seeing her.
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