Bigthana in the Bible.

One of the eunuchs who “kept the door” in the court of Ahasuerus. The King James Version names Bigthana in 2 verses, from Esther 2:21 to Esther 6:2.

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Who Bigthana was.

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).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

All 2 verses that name Bigthana.

Esther 2

Esther 2:21In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king’s gate, two of the king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
Esther 6:2And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

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Who was Bigthana in the Bible?

One of the eunuchs who “kept the door” in the court of Ahasuerus. The King James Version names Bigthana in 2 verses, from Esther 2:21 to Esther 6:2.

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