Bible Person

Shaashgaz

Meaning: he that presses the fleece; that shears the sheep · Male · 1 cross reference

Shaashgaz is the eunuch in charge of the second harem in Esther 2:14. He belongs to the Persian court machinery shaping Esther's path to the king. First appears in Esth 2:14.1

AI summary: Shaashgaz matters because his single cross reference helps show how Esther's story moves through highly structured royal institutions and named court servants. The entry adds concrete social texture to the world of the Persian palace. Taken together, the material presents Shaashgaz as a court official in Esther's story.1

Central Figure

Shaashgaz

Meaning: he that presses the fleece; that shears the sheep

Servant of the beautiful, a chief eunuch in the second house of the harem of king Ahasuerus (Esther 2:14).