H904

בגתן

בגתן

bagathan

Proper masculine noun · Of similar derivation to בגתא (H903)

Or בגתנא Bigthânâʼ; of similar derivation to H903; Bigthan or Bigthana, a eunuch of Xerxes:—Bigthan, Bigthana.

Outline

Bigthan = "in their wine-press"

a eunuch in king Ahasuerus' (Xerxes) court

Usages

Esther 2:21

¶ In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king’s gate, two of the king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

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Esther 6:2

And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

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