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Bigthan

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).

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Verses where Bigthan is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • Esther 2:21

    In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, grew angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.

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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

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