ABAGTHA (Est_1:10).One of the seven chamberlains or eunuchs sent by Ahasuerus (Xerxes) to fetch the queen, Vashti, to his banquet.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
One of the seven eunuchs in Ahasuerus' court; akin to the name Bigthan (Est_1:10; Est_2:21). Sanskrit, Bagadata, "given by fortune," baga, or the sun. Sun worship prevailed early in Persia.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Abag'tha. (God-given). One of the seven eunuchs in the Persian court of Ahasuerus. Est_1:10.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
a-bag?tha (אבגתא, 'ă̆bhaghethā), perhaps meaning ?fortunate one?): One of the seven eunuchs, or ?chamberlains,? of Xerxes mentioned in Est_1:10. The name is Persian, and is one of the many Persian marks in the Book of Esther.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Abagtha
(Heb. Abagtha', אֲבִגְתָא, prob. Persian [ SEE BIGTHA , SEE BIGTHAN , SEE BIGTHANA , SEE BAGOAS ], and, according to Bohlen, from the Sanscrit bagadata, fortune-given; Sept. Α᾿αταζά), one of the seven chief eunuchs in the palace of Xerxes, who were commanded to bring in Vashti (Est_1:10), B.C. 483.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.