Person
Name meaning: in the press; giving meat (Hitchcock)
One of the eunuchs who “kept the door” in the court of Ahasuerus. With Teresh he conspired against the king’s life. Mordecai detected the conspiracy, and the culprits were hanged (Esther 2:21-23; 6:1-3).
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
(gift of God), a eunuch (chamberlain, Authorized Version) in the court of Ahasuerus, one of those “who kept the door,” and conspired with Teresh against the king’s life. (Esther 2:21) (B.C. 479.)
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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