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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #1896 - הֵגַי
Transliteration
Hêgêʼ
Phonetics
hay-gay', hay-gah'ee
Root Word (Etymology)
probably of Persian origin
Parts of Speech
Proper Name Masculine
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs'
Hegai or Hege = “eunuch”
1) one of the eunuchs of the court of Ahasuerus
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
KJV (4)
Esther
4
HCS (0)
HCS (4)
Esther
4
BSB (4)
Esther
4
ESV (4)
Esther
4
WEB (4)
Esther
4
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
הֵגֵא proper name, masculine eunuch of Ahasuerus (probably Persian; compare Ἠγιας, courtier of Xerxes, Ctesias Pers 24; also Herodot ix. 33; Roed. in Thes Add) Esther 2:3; = הֵגַי Esther 2:8,15, הֵגָ֑י Esther 2:8.
הגג ( murmur, then muse; then compare Arabic 
burn, blaze (of fire), make a murmuring noise in burning; PS gives Syriac 
phantasma vidit, somniavit; Ethpe`el & especially Ethpa`al mente concepit, imaginatus est; compare also הָגָה).
הֵגַי, הֵגָ֑י proper name, masculine see הֵגֵא.
הגן (Late Hebrew הֲגַן Aramaic הֲגַן be suitable, fit, worthy: on original meaning compare Fl in NHWB, under the word)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
List of Word Forms
הֵגֶ֛א הֵגַ֖י הֵגַ֥י הֵגָ֑י הגא הגי hê·ḡay hê·ḡāy hê·ḡe heGai hêḡay hêḡāy heGe hêḡe
