BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H828
ash.pe.naz — Ashpenaz
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Dan.1.3 § Ashpenaz = "I will make prominent the sprinkled" chief eunuch of Nebuchadnezzar
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →The master of the eunuchs of Nebuchadnezzar (Dan. 1:3), the “Rabsaris” of the court. His position was similar to that of the Kislar-aga of the modern Turkish sultans.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
