🔼The name Bigtha: Summary
- Meaning
- Given By Fortune
- Etymology
- Perhaps from the Sanskrit baga, fortune.
🔼The name Bigtha in the Bible
The name Bigtha occurs only one time in the Bible. He is one of seven eunuchs of king Ahasuerus, the Persian king who married Hadassah, after he sent his wife Vashti away (Esther 1:10).
🔼Etymology of the name Bigtha
The name Bigtha doesn't mean anything in Hebrew. According the Alfred Jones (Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names), this name — like the similar names Bigthan and Abagtha — is Sanskrit, and comes from the word baga, meaning either fortune or the sun.
🔼Bigtha meaning
For a meaning of the name Bigtha, NOBSE Study Bible Name List reads Gift Of God and Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names has Given By Fortune. BDB Theological Dictionary doesn't interpret this name.