Hegai

Also called Hege

Mentioned 460–457 BC traditional (Jones)

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

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Tagged in: 3 verses

Mentioned in the era of Exile and return, 586–5 BC.
Named in the same verses as Esther, Abihail, and Mordecai.

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

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Places

Places named in the same verses as Hegai, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

likely location: Susa2

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 485–432 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

3 tagged verses in 1 book. Select a book to read its verses.

Esther3

The name in each translation

Text	Occurrences of each name
BSB	Hegai 4Hege 0
KJV	Hegai 3Hege 1
ASV	Hegai 4Hege 0

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Every verse

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Esther3 verses

2:3
and let the king appoint commissioners in each province of his kingdom to assemble all the beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the women, and let them be given beauty treatments.
2:8
When the king’s command and edict had been proclaimed, many young women gathered at the citadel of Susa under the care of Hegai. Esther was also taken to the palace and placed under the care of Hegai, the custodian of the women.
2:15
Now Esther was the daughter of Abihail, the uncle from whom Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter. And when it was her turn to go to the king, she did not ask for anything except what Hegai, the king’s trusted official in charge of the harem, had advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of everyone who saw her.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.