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Sunday, December 22nd, 2024
the Fourth Week of Advent

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #1896 - הֵגַי

Transliteration

Hêgêʼ

Phonetics

hay-gay', hay-gah'ee

Origin

probably of Persian origin

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Hegai or Hege = "eunuch"
1. one of the eunuchs of the court of Ahasuerus

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (4)

Esther 4

BSB (4)

Esther 4

CSB (4)

Esther 4

ESV (4)

Esther 4

KJV (4)

Esther 4

LEB (4)

Esther 4

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (4)

Esther 4

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

הֵגֵא proper name, masculine eunuch of Ahasuerus (probably Persian; compare Ἠγιας, courtier of Xerxes, Ctesias^{Pers 24}; also Herodot^{ix. 33}; Roed. in Thes Add) Esther 2:3; = הֵגַי Esther 2:8,15, הֵגָ֑י Esther 2:8.

הגג ( murmur, then muse; then compare Arabic burn, blaze (of fire), make a murmuring noise in burning; PS gives Syriac phantasma vidit, somniavit; Ethpe`el & especially Ethpa`al mente concepit, imaginatus est; compare also הָגָה).

הֵגַי, הֵגָ֑י proper name, masculine see הֵגֵא.

הגן (Late Hebrew הֲגַן Aramaic הֲגַן be suitable, fit, worthy: on original meaning compare Fl in NHWB, under the word)

List of Word Forms

הֵגֶ֛א הֵגַ֖י הֵגַ֥י הֵגָ֑י הגא הגי hê·ḡay hê·ḡāy hê·ḡe heGai hêḡay hêḡāy heGe hêḡe