Strong H8190שַׁעַשְׁגַּז
Shaashgaz
- Transliteration
- sha‛ashgaz
- Pronunciation
- shah-ash-gaz'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Of Persian derivation;
{Shaashgaz} a eunuch of Xerxes: - Shaashgaz.
{Shaashgaz} a eunuch of Xerxes: - Shaashgaz.
Meaning of the name
Shaashgaz = "servant of the beautiful"
Detailed definition
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Est.2.14
In the biblical story
Shaashgaz
Eunuch in charge of King Ahasuerus' concubines
Shaashgaz was the eunuch appointed by King Ahasuerus to be in charge of the concubines in the royal harem.
In the Bible
Strong H8190 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- shaashgaz1
First verses
- Esther 2:14In 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.