Bible Person
Meaning: father of the wine-press · Male · 1 cross reference
Abagtha is one of the seven eunuchs serving in the court of Ahasuerus at the opening of Esther. He appears in the ceremonial and political world through which the crisis of the book first unfolds. First appears in Esth 1:10.1
AI summary: Abagtha matters because his cross reference places him within the royal service structure active during the banquet scene that leads to Vashti's refusal and the chain of events behind Esther's rise. Though he is not a central actor, he contributes to the texture of imperial court life in the story's opening movement. Taken together, the material presents Abagtha as a palace official in the setting from which Esther's narrative begins.1
Central Figure
Abagtha
Meaning: father of the wine-press
One of the seven eunuchs in Ahasuerus’s court (Esther 1:10; 2:21).
One of the seven eunuchs in Ahasuerus’s court (Esther 1:10; 2:21). 3
| Book | Cross-References |
|---|---|
| Esth |
Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.