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Bigtha (personal name, Persian eunuch of Ahasuerus)
A Persian personal name belonging to one of the seven eunuchs who served King Ahasuerus in the book of Esther. The name is Persian in origin, part of the authentic Persian color of the Esther narrative. This eunuch was among those commanded to bring Queen Vashti before the king during his great feast. The name is transliterated consistently across languages, reflecting its foreign origin.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Identifies one of seven eunuchs serving the Persian king in Esther 1:10. These chamberlains were sent to summon Queen Vashti, setting in motion the events that led to Esther's rise. The Persian name authenticates the narrative's setting in the Achaemenid court, where eunuchs held significant administrative roles. The name carries no Hebrew meaning but functions as a historical-literary detail. 1×
AR["بِغْتَا"]·ben["বিগথাকে"]·DE["[בגתא]"]·EN["Bigtha"]·FR["[בגתא]"]·heb["בגתא"]·HI["बिग्ता"]·ID["Bigta"]·IT["Bigtha"]·jav["Bigta"]·KO["빅다와"]·PT["Bigta"]·RU["Бигте"]·ES["Bigta"]·SW["Bigtha"]·TR["Bigta"]·urd["بگتا"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† בִּגְתָא n.pr.m. (Pers. cf. אֲבַגְתָא) a eunuch of Ahasuerus Est 1:10.