Strong's H1896 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: הֵגֵא (Hêgêʼ)

Pronunciation: hay-gay'

Morphology: n-pr-m

Name Meaning: Hegai or Hege = "eunuch"

Derivation: or (by permutation) הֵגַי (Hêgay); probably of Persian origin;

Definition: Hege or Hegai, a eunuch of Xerxes

KJV Renderings: Hegai, Hege.

Senses

1. one of the eunuchs of the court of Ahasuerus

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.