Bible Person
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
Name meaning
he that presses the fleece; that shears the sheep
Identity
male
First appears
Esth 2:14
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).
Name meaning
he that presses the fleece; that shears the sheep
Identity
male
Servant of the beautiful, a chief eunuch in the second house of the harem of king Ahasuerus (Esther 2:14). 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
| 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.