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Shaashgaz

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(lover of beauty). Keeper of concubines in palace of Xerxes (Esther 2:14¹⁴In 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)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Chamberlain or eunuch of Ahasuerus, king of Persia (Esther 2:14¹⁴In 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)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

8190 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Sha`ashgaz

Phonic:

shah-ash-gaz’

Meaning:

of Persian derivation; Shaashgaz, a eunuch of Xerxes

KJV Usage:

Shaashgaz

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

who succored the cut off

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Keeper of the treasure; beauty’s servant:―a eunuch of Ahasuerus, Esth. 2:14. {Custos gazae}