BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8190
sha.ash.gaz — Shaashgaz
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Est.2.14 § Shaashgaz = "servant of the beautiful" the eunuch in the palace of Xerxes who was in charge of the women in the 2nd house
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Servant of the beautiful, a chief eunuch in the second house of the harem of king Ahasuerus (Esther 2:14).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
