Hegai
Now 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....
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So 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....
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is a character from the Biblical Book of Esther, verses 8 &
15. He is an eunuch placed in charge of Ahasuerus's harem.
" So 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, ...
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he'-ga-i, he'-ge (heghay; Gai (Est 2:8,15), and heghe', Hege
(Est 2:3)): One of the officers of the Persian king Ahasuerus;
a chamberlain or eunuch (keeper of women), into whose custody
the "fair young virgins" were delivered from whom the king
intended to choose his queen in the place of the discredited
Vashti....
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-Chamberlain of Ahasuerus
Es 2:3,8,15...
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(eunuch), one of the eunuchs of the court of Ahasuerus. Es
2:8,15 (B.C. 474.)...
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eunuch, had charge of the harem of Ahasuerus (Esther 2:8)....
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(Esther 2:3; Esther 2:8; Esther 2:15.) Eunuch, or chamberlain,
in charge of the women of Ahasuerus' harem. Akin to the
Sanskrit aja, "eunuch". Hegias is mentioned by the pagan
Ctesias as of Xerxes' ("Ahasuerus") court....
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