How to Pronounce Shaashgaz

shay-ASH-gaz

Shaashgaz is pronounced shay-ASH-gaz (ʃeɪˈæʃɡæz): three syllables, stress on the second.

What does Shaashgaz mean?

Shaashgaz means “he that presses the fleece; that shears the sheep”.

Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.

Who was Shaashgaz?

Shaashgaz was the king's chamberlain in Persia who kept the concubines, guarding the second house of the women in the court of King Ahasuerus (Esther 2:14).

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