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Shaashgaz

שַׁעַשְׁגַּזStrong’s H8190

shaashgaz (sha-ash-gaz)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Shaashgaz is the Hebrew word usually translated “shaashgaz”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.”
Esther 2:14 KJV
Meaning
  1. A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Est.2.14
How it's translated
  • shaashgaz 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Esther 1

1 book in all.

Explore in Scripture
    Hebrew dictionary

    שַׁעַשְׁגַּז shaashgaz · Shaashgaz

    A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Est.2.14 § Shaashgaz = "servant of the beautiful" the eunuch in the palace of Xerxes who was in charge of the women in the 2nd house

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.