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hegai in Easton's Bible Dictionary

eunuch, had charge of the harem of Ahasuerus (Esther 2:8).

hegai in Smith's Bible Dictionary

(eunuch), one of the eunuchs of the court of Ahasuerus. #Es 2:8,15| (B.C. 474.)

hegai in Schaff's Bible Dictionary

HEG'AI , or HE'GE, a eunuch of the court of Ahasuerus, Esth 2:3, Deut 2:8, Esth 2:15

hegai in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

(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.