Hathach

By: Emil G. Hirsch, Bernhard Pick

One of the eunuchs in the palace of Ahasuerus (Xerxes), in immediate attendance on Esther, who employed him in her communications with Mordecai (Esth. iv. 5-10, R. V.). The Septuagint has ἈξραΘεῖος.

HATHACH.—A eunuch appointed by the king to attend on queen Esther. By his means Esther learned from Mordecai the details of Haman’s plot against the Jews (Est 4:5-6; Est 4:9-10).

hā´thak (התך, hăthākh; Septuagint Ἁχραθαῖος, Hachrathaı́os): One of the chamberlains of Ahasuerus, appointed to attend on Esther (Est 4:5, Est 4:6, Est 4:9, Est 4:10, the King James Version “Hatach”), through whom she learned from Mordecai of Haman’s plot.