Severe, a eunuch or chamberlain in the palace of Ahasuerus, who conspired with another to murder him. The plot was detected by Mordecai, and the conspirators were put to death (Esther 2:21; 6:2).
(strictness), one of the two eunuchs whose plot to assassinate Ahasuerus was discovered by Mordecai....
William Smith's Bible Dictionary