חַרְבוֹנָאCharbôwnâʼ
חַרְבוֺנָא: proper name, masculine: eunuch of Ahasuerus (Esther 1:10; Esther 7:9)
Pronunciation: khar-bo-naw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2726
Meanings
ךְַרְבּוֺנָה: proper name, masculine: see foregoing
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Esther 1:10 On the seventh day of the feast, when King Xerxes was in high spirits because of the wine, he told the seven eunuchs who attended him—Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas—
- Esther 7:9 Then Harbona, one of the king’s eunuchs, said, “Haman has set up a sharpened pole that stands seventy-five feet tall in his own courtyard. He intended to use it to impale Mordecai, the man who saved the king from assassination.” “Then impale Haman on it!” the king ordered.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).