Abagtha

Abagtha


1:
ABAGTHA (PERSON) [Heb ˒ăbagtā˒ (אֲבַגְתָּא)]. See MEHUMAN (PERSON).

Freedman, D. N. (1996, c1992). The Anchor Bible Dictionary (1:6). New York: Doubleday.


2:
Abagtha —  one of the seven eunuchs in Ahasuerus’s court (Esther 1:10; 2:21).

Easton, M. (1996, c1897). Easton's Bible dictionary. Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.


3:
ABAGTHA One of the seven eunuchs commanded by King Ahasuerus to bring Queen Vashti to his drunken party (Est 1:10).

Elwell, W. A., & Comfort, P. W. (2001). Tyndale Bible dictionary. Tyndale reference library (2). Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers.


4:
ABAG´THA (a-bagʹtha). One of the seven chief eunuchs of Xerxes who were commanded by the king to bring Queen Vashti into the royal presence (Esther 1:10), 483 b.c.

Unger, M. F., Harrison, R. K., Vos, H. F., Barber, C. J., & Unger, M. F. (1988). The new Unger's Bible dictionary. Revision of: Unger's Bible dictionary. 3rd ed. c1966. (Rev. and updated ed.). Chicago: Moody Press.


5:
Abagtha (Heb. ˒ăḇag̱ṯā˒)
One of the seven eunuchs of King Ahasuerus (Xerxes I, ca. 480 b.c.e.) who served as his chamberlains (Esth. 1:10). The name is probably of Middle Iranian origin (perhaps “gift of good fortune”).

Freedman, D. N., Myers, A. C., & Beck, A. B. (2000). Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible (2). Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans.