Word Study · Strong's H2726 · Hebrew
חַרְבוֹנָא
Charbona
khar-bo-naw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Charbôwnâʼ
“Charbona or Charbonah, a eunuch of Xerxes”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Charbona or Charbonah, a eunuch of Xerxes
Rendered in the KJV as
Harbona, Harbonah.
- 2occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- חַרְבוֹנָ֜א1
- חַ֠רְבוֹנָה1
How it is rendered · 1
- Harbona2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- proper noun (a name)2
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Esther2 occurrences
- Esther 1:10חַרְבוֹנָ֜אcharvona'proper noun (a name)On the seventh day, when the king’s heart was merry with wine, he ordered the seven eunuchs who served him—Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas—here: Harbona
- Esther 7:9חַ֠רְבוֹנָהcharvonahproper noun (a name)Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “There is a gallows fifty cubits high at Haman’s house. He had it built for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.” “Hang him on it!” declared the king.here: Harbona