† שַׁעַשְׁגַּז n.m. pers. Est 2:14, Γαι. H8190
Shaashgaz; personal name of a royal eunuch in charge of King Ahasuerus's concubines
Shaashgaz was a eunuch in the Persian court of King Ahasuerus (Xerxes), specifically the custodian of the concubines. He appears in Esther 2:14, where the text explains the protocol for women who spent a night with the king—afterward they would be placed under Shaashgaz's care in the second harem. His position involved oversight of women who had been with the king but were not chosen as queen, essentially managing the king's expanded household. His name is likely Persian, though its exact etymology is uncertain.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The name of a eunuch overseeing the concubines in the Persian royal harem. All language glosses provide transliterations: English 'Shaashgaz,' Spanish 'Saasgaz,' while French and German retain the bracketed Hebrew form. The Septuagint renders his name as Γαι. In Esther 2:14, Shaashgaz is identified as 'the king's eunuch who was in charge of the concubines'—women who had been with the king but were not chosen as queen. These women lived in a separate part of the harem and would not see the king again unless specifically summoned. Shaashgaz thus managed what amounted to an honorable confinement for the king's former companions. 1×
AR["شَعَشْغَازَ"]·ben["শাশগজের"]·DE["[שעשגז]"]·EN["Shaashgaz"]·FR["[שעשגז]"]·heb["שעשגז"]·HI["शश्गज़-की"]·ID["Syaasyegaz"]·IT["[שעשגז]"]·jav["Saasgaz"]·KO["샤스가즈의"]·PT["Sha’ashgaz"]·RU["Шаашгаза"]·ES["Saasgaz"]·SW["wa-Shaashgazi"]·TR["Şaaşgaz'ın"]·urd["شعشگز"]
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
† שַׁעַשְׁגַּז n.m. pers. Est 2:14, Γαι.