Bigthan
In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of
the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which
kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king
Ahasuerus....
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(gift of God), a eunuch (chamberlain, Authorized Version) in
the court of Ahasuerus, one of those "who kept the door," and
conspired with Teresh against the king's life. Es 2:21 (B.C.
479.)...
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one of the eunuchs who "kept the door" in the court of
Ahasuerus. With Teresh he conspired against the king's
life.
Mordecai detected the conspiracy, and the culprits
were hanged
(Esther 2:21-23; 6:1-3)....
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Persian and Sanskrit, Bagadana, "gift of fortune" (Esther
2:21; Esther 6:2). "Wroth," because degraded at the same time
as Queen Vashti, and a keeper of the door, Bigthan with Teresh
"sought to lay bands on Ahasuerus." Detected by Mordecai, he
was hanged. The Septuagint states that the conspirators' cause
of wrath was Mordecai's advancement; b...
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big'-than big-tha'-na (bighethan, bighethana'; Septuagint
omits name): One of the two chamberlains or eunuchs of Xerxes
("Ahasuerus") who conspired against the king's life, the
conspiracy being detected by Mordecai and the culprits hanged
(Est 2:21). Possibly these men had been partially superseded
by the degradation of Vashti and were th...
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A conspiring Persian courtier
Es 2:21-23; 6:2...
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