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H904 · Hebrew · Old Testament
בִּגְתָן
Bigtan
Proper noun, masculine
in their winepress; a royal official

Definition

Bigtan (also Bigthan) was a court official — a eunuch and doorkeeper of King Ahasuerus — who conspired with Teresh to assassinate the king. Mordecai discovered the plot and reported it through Esther. The king's life was spared, and the incident was recorded in the royal chronicles — a record that would later be read aloud on a sleepless night, changing the fate of the Jewish people.

Usage & Theological Significance

Providence radiates through Bigtan's conspiracy. What seems like a minor administrative note becomes the axis on which the entire book of Esther turns. God's invisible hand orchestrates even the king's insomnia to bring Mordecai's loyalty to light. No act of faithfulness, however small, escapes God's ledger. 'For such a time as this' is prepared by a thousand unseen moments.

Key Verses

Esther 2:21 In those days, as Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, became angry and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.
Esther 6:2 And it was found written how Mordecai had told about Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, who had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.
Esther 4:14 For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
Psalm 37:28 For the LORD loves justice; he will not forsake his saints. They are preserved forever.
Proverbs 21:1 The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD; he turns it wherever he will.

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