Study Dictionary
NAVE: Hegai
EBD: Hegai
SMITH: HEGAI HEGE
ISBE: HEGAI; HEGE
Hegai
In Bible versions:
Hegai: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
a eunuch official in charge of the harem of King Ahasuerus
meditation; word; groaning; separation ( --> same as Hege)
meditation; word; groaning; separation ( --> same as Hegai)
meditation; word; groaning; separation ( --> same as Hege)
meditation; word; groaning; separation ( --> same as Hegai)
Hebrew
Strongs #01896: agh Hege' or (by permutation) ygh Hegay
Hegai or Hege = "eunuch"1) one of the eunuchs of the court of Ahasuerus
1896 Hege' hay-gay'
or (by permutation) Hegay {hay-gah'-ee}; probably of Persianorigin; Hege or Hegai, a eunuch of Xerxes:-Hegai, Hege.
Hegai [EBD]
eunuch, had charge of the harem of Ahasuerus (Esther 2:8).
HEGAI [SMITH]
(eunuch), one of the eunuchs of the court of Ahasuerus. (Esther 2:8,15) (B.C. 474.)HEGE [SMITH]
another form of the preceding (Esther 2:3)HEGAI; HEGE [ISBE]
HEGAI; HEGE - he'-ga-i, he'-ge (heghay; Gai (Est 2:8,15), and heghe', Hege (Est 2:3)): One of the officers of the Persian king Ahasuerus; a chamberlain or eunuch (keeper of women), into whose custody the "fair young virgins" were delivered from whom the king intended to choose his queen in the place of the discredited Vashti.