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Lexicon :: Strong's H904 - biḡṯān

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בִּגְתָן
Transliteration
biḡṯān
Pronunciation
big-thawn'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of similar derivation to בִּגְתָא (H903)
Strong’s Definitions

בִּגְתָן Bigthân, big-thawn'; or בִּגְתָנָא Bigthânâʼ; of similar derivation to H903; Bigthan or Bigthana, a eunuch of Xerxes:—Bigthan, Bigthana.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's H904 in the following manner: Bigthan (1x), Bigthana (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's H904 in the following manner: Bigthan (1x), Bigthana (1x).
  1. Bigthan = "in their wine-press"

    1. a eunuch in king Ahasuerus' (Xerxes) court

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בִּגְתָן Bigthân, big-thawn'; or בִּגְתָנָא Bigthânâʼ; of similar derivation to H903; Bigthan or Bigthana, a eunuch of Xerxes:—Bigthan, Bigthana.
STRONGS H904: Abbreviations
בִּגְתָן proper name, masculine (Persian bagadâna, gift of God?) a eunuch of Ahasuerus Esther 2:21 = בִּגְתָנָא Esther 6:2.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Esther

2:21; 6:2

H904

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H904 matches the Hebrew בִּגְתָן (biḡṯān),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:21 - One day as Mordecai was on duty at the king’s gate, two of the king’s eunuchs, Bigthana[fn] and Teresh—who were guards at the door of the king’s private quarters—became angry at King Xerxes and plotted to assassinate him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:2 - In those records he discovered an account of how Mordecai had exposed the plot of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the door to the king’s private quarters. They had plotted to assassinate King Xerxes.
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