Gabatha

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Smith's Bible Dictionary by William Smith (1863)

Gab’atha. Est 12:1. See Bigthan, or Bigthana.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature by John McClintock & James Strong (1880) ↑

(Γαβαθά), one of the eunuchs of king Xerxes, the exposure of whose plots by Mardochaeus led to their execution (Esth. 12:1, Apocr.); evidently the BIGTHAN SEE BIGTHAN (q.v.) of the Heb. text (Est 2:21).

Dictionary of the Bible by James Hastings (1909) ↑

GABATHA.—One of two eunuchs whose plot against Artaxerxes (the Ahasuerus, i.e. Xerxes, of canonical Est.) was discovered and frustrated by Mardocheus (Mordecai). Ad. Est 12:1. In Est 2:21 he is called Bigthan and in Est 6:2 Bigthana.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia by James Orr (ed.) (1915) ↑

gab´a-tha (Γαβαθά, Gabathá): A eunuch of Mardocheus (Additions to Esther 12:1).