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Strong's #1896: Hege' (pronounced hay-gay')

or (by permutation) Hegay {hay-gah'-ee}; probably of Persian origin; Hege or Hegai, a eunuch of Xerxes:--Hegai, Hege.




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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hêgê' / hêgay

Hegai or Hege = "eunuch"

1) one of the eunuchs of the court of Ahasuerus

Part of Speech: noun proper masculine

Relation: probably of Persian origin



Usage:

This word is used 4 times:

Esther 2:3: "the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper"
Esther 2:8: "the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's"
Esther 2:8: "house, to of Hegai, keeper of the women."
Esther 2:15: "nothing but what Hegai the king's"









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