Study Dictionary
NAVE: Harbona Harbonah
EBD: Harbona
SMITH: HARBONA HARBONAH
ISBE: HARBONA; HARBONAH
Harbona
In Bible versions:
Harbona: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEVHarbonah: NASB
a man who was one of king Ahasuerus' chamberlains
his destruction; his sword
his destruction; his sword
Hebrew
Strongs #02726: anwbrx Charbowna' or hnwbrx Charbownah
Harbona or Harbonah = "ass-driver"1) the 3rd of the seven chamberlains or eunuchs who served Ahasuerus
2726 Charbowna' khar-bo-naw'
or Charbownah {khar-bo-naw'}; of Persian origin; Charbona orCharbonah, a eunuch of Xerxes:-Harbona, Harbonah.
Harbona [EBD]
(a Persian word meaning "ass-driver"), one of the seven eunuchs or chamberlains of king Ahasuerus (Esther 1:10; 7:9).
HARBONA [SMITH]
(ass-driver), the third of the seven chamberlains or eunuchs who served King Ahasuerus. (Esther 1:10) (B.C. 483-475.)HARBONAH [SMITH]
(Esther 7:9) the same as the preceding.HARBONA; HARBONAH [ISBE]
HARBONA; HARBONAH - har-bo'-na (charebhona' charebhonah): One of the seven eunuchs who served Ahasuerus and to whom was given the command to bring Queen Esther before the king (Est 1:10). It was he who suggested that Haman be hanged upon the self-same gallows that he had erected for Mordecai (Est 7:9). Jewish tradition has it that Harbona had originally been a confederate of Haman, but, upon noting the failure of the latter's plans, abandoned him. The Persian equivalent of the name means "donkey-driver."