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One of the seven eunuchs at the palace of King Ahasuerus, attendants of the queen and the women of the royal court of Persia. During the seven-day festivities given by the king in honor of the princes of his provinces and the officials of the court at Shushan, Ahasuerus ordered the seven eunuchs, of whom Abagtha was one, to bring the queen, Vashti, "before the king wearing her royal crown, in order to show her beauty to the people and the officials" (Est 1:1-12).
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Est 1:10
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Abagtha (əbăg'thə), in the Bible, one of Ahasuerus' seven chamberlains.
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Abagtha (אבגתא) was a court official (likely a eunuch) of King Ahasuerus. He is mentioned once in the Book of Esther (Esther 1:10). According to this narrative, he and six other officials suggested that Queen Vashti parade before the king and his ministers in the crown jewels. Her refusal led to her demise and the selection of Esther as the new queen of the Persian Empire.
The Hebrew word סָרִיס (sarīs), translated eunuch, can mean a general court official, not only a castrated man. Since Abagtha and the other six officials are spoken of as attending to the king, not to royal women, it is possible that he was not a eunuch in the technical sense.
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- Scott, John Paul. Esoteric Bible Dictionary. 1996
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