hege · Hegai, Hege

What it means

hege (הֵגֵא) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Hegai, Hege”.

Hegai (also written Hege): the name of the king's eunuch who kept the women.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Hegai ×3
• Hege ×1

Where it appears

• Esther 2:3

  and let the king appoint overseers in all the provinces of his kingdom, and let them gather every young woman, a virgin of good appearance, to Susa, the fortress, to the house of the women, under the hand of Hege, the king’s eunuch, keeper of the women; and let their ointments be given;

• Esther 2:8

  And it happened, when the word of the king and his law were heard and when many young women were gathered to Susa, the fortress, under the hand of Hegai, that Esther was taken to the king’s house, under the hand of Hegai, keeper of the women.

• Esther 2:15

  And when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail, the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his own daughter, came to go in to the king, she did not seek anything except what Hegai, the king’s eunuch, keeper of the women, said. And Esther was winning favor in the eyes of all who saw her.

And 1 more times.