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HebrewH0904Proper Noun (Masculine)

בִּגְתָן

big.tan

2Occurrences
H0904Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Bigthan or Bigthana, a eunuch of Xerxes

or בִּגְתָנָא; of similar derivation to H903 (בִּגְתָא);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at ; also called Bigthana at ; § Bigthan = "in their wine-press" a eunuch in king Ahasuerus' (Xerxes) court

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

בִּגְתָן appears 2 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Esther
2

Key Passages

Esther 2:21BSB

In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, grew angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.

Esther 6:2BSB

And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the king’s entrance, when they had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.