Hege הֵגֵא
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| הֵגֵא | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | hege |
| Strong's number | H1896 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | name of a man |
| Gloss | Hegai |
| Occurrences | 4 in 3 verses |
Hege (Hebrew הֵגֵא, Strong's H1896) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Hegai”. It occurs 4 times.
Definition
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Est.2.3
§ Hegai or Hege = "eunuch"
one of the eunuchs of the court of Ahasuerus
§ Hegai or Hege = "eunuch"
one of the eunuchs of the court of Ahasuerus
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | hegai (3), hege (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | hegai (4) |
Verses
Every verse with Hege, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Esther
- Esther 2:3And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king’s chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:and let the king appoint commissioners in each province of his kingdom to assemble all the beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the women, and let them be given beauty treatments.
- Esther 2:8So it came to pass, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.When the king’s command and edict had been proclaimed, many young women gathered at the citadel of Susa under the care of Hegai. Esther was also taken to the palace and placed under the care of Hegai, the custodian of the women.
- Esther 2:15Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.Now Esther was the daughter of Abihail, the uncle from whom Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter. And when it was her turn to go to the king, she did not ask for anything except what Hegai, the king’s trusted official in charge of the harem, had advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of everyone who saw her.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).