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Lexicon :: Strong's H5631 - sārîs

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סָרִיס
Transliteration
sārîs
Pronunciation
saw-reece'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to castrate
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TWOT Reference: 1545

Strong’s Definitions

סָרִיס çârîyç, saw-reece'; or סָרִס çâriç; from an unused root meaning to castrate; a eunuch; by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state:—chamberlain, eunuch, officer. Compare H7249.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x

The KJV translates Strong's H5631 in the following manner: eunuch (17x), chamberlain (13x), officer (12x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x
The KJV translates Strong's H5631 in the following manner: eunuch (17x), chamberlain (13x), officer (12x).

  1. official, eunuch

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סָרִיס çârîyç, saw-reece'; or סָרִס çâriç; from an unused root meaning to castrate; a eunuch; by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state:—chamberlain, eunuch, officer. Compare H7249.
STRONGS H5631: Abbreviations
סָרִיס 45 noun masculine eunuch (Late Hebrew id., Targum סָרִיסָא, Syriac bdb071005 (all with verb denominative = emasculate), Old Aramaic סרסא Lzb331 Cook86; Arabic bdb071006, bdb071007 (verb bdb071008 be impotent), Kam Frey (not Lane); probably foreign word; according to JenZA vii. 174 = Assyrian šarêši (rîši), he who is the head, chief, compare BrockLex 239 b DlHWB 694 (ša-riš ?), ZimZMG liii. 1899, 116; eunuch being specialized meaning; in any case Arabic is Aramaic loan-word); — absolute ס׳ 1 Kings 22:9 + 7 times; construct סְרִיס Genesis 37:36 + 3 times; plural סָרִיסִים 2 Kings 9:32 + 17 times; construct סְרִיסֵי Genesis 40:7 + 4 times; suffix סָרִיסָיו Genesis 40:2 + 4 times, סָרִיסֶ֫יהָ Esther 4:4; — eunuch, of Pharaoh Genesis 37:36; Genesis 40:2, 7 (all E), married Genesis 39:1 (RJE); of Israel kings 1 Samuel 8:15 (predict.), 1 Kings 22:9 2 Chronicles 18:8; 2 Kings 8:6; 2 Kings 9:32 (all of Northern Israel); 1 Chronicles 28:1 (in David's time). 2 Kings 23:11; 2 Kings 24:12, 15 compare Jeremiah 29:2, also Jeremiah 34:19; Jeremiah 38:7; Jeremiah 41:16 (all in Judah; so likewise) 2 Kings 25:19 (military officer) = Jeremiah 52:25; of Babylonian kings 2 Kings 20:18 = Isaiah 39:7 (predict.); ascribed to Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel, רַב סָרִיסָיו Daniel 1:3, שַׂר הַסָּרִיסִים Daniel 1:7; Daniel 1:8; Daniel 1:9; Daniel 1:10; Daniel 1:11; Daniel 1:18; to king of Persia in Esther 1:10, 12, 15 + 9 times Esther; promises made to eunuchs Isaiah 56:3, 4. (Term never used in law codes; on contrary compare exclusion of דַּכָּא פְּצוּעַ, and כְּרוּת שָׁפְכָה Deuteronomy 23:2 [see Dron the passage], also מְרוֺחַ אָ֑שֶׁךְ Leviticus 21:20.) — רַבסָֿרִיס is title of high military officer 2 Kings 18:17 (Assyrian), Jeremiah 39:3, 13 (Babylonian). — See further, Thes SmithDB Art. ' Eunuch, ' DiGenesis 39:1 DrDeut 23:1.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

37:36; 37:36; 39:1; 39:1; 40:2; 40:2; 40:7; 40:7

Leviticus

21:20

Deuteronomy

23:1; 23:2

1 Samuel

8:15

1 Kings

22:9; 22:9

2 Kings

8:6; 9:32; 9:32; 18:17; 20:18; 23:11; 24:12; 24:15; 25:19

1 Chronicles

28:1

2 Chronicles

18:8

Esther

1:10; 1:12; 1:15; 4:4

Isaiah

39:7; 56:3; 56:4

Jeremiah

29:2; 34:19; 38:7; 39:3; 39:13; 41:16; 52:25

Daniel

1:3; 1:7; 1:8; 1:9; 1:10; 1:11; 1:18

H5631

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Strong's Number H5631 matches the Hebrew סָרִיס (sārîs),
which occurs 42 times in 42 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:36 - And the Midianites H4092 sold H4376 him into Egypt H4714 unto Potiphar, H6318 an officer H5631 of Pharaoh's, H6547 and captain H8269 of the guard. H2876

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:1 - And Joseph H3130 was brought down H3381 to Egypt; H4714 and Potiphar, H6318 an officer H5631 of Pharaoh, H6547 captain H8269 of the guard, H2876 an Egyptian, H376 H4713 bought H7069 him of the hands H3027 of the Ishmeelites, H3459 which had brought him down H3381 thither.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:2 - And Pharaoh H6547 was wroth H7107 against H5921 two H8147 of his officers, H5631 against the chief H8269 of the butlers, H8248 and against the chief H8269 of the bakers. H644

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:7 - And he asked H7592 Pharaoh's H6547 officers H5631 that were with him in the ward H4929 of his lord's H113 house, H1004 saying, H559 Wherefore look H6440 ye so sadly H7451 to day? H3117

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:15 - And he will take the tenth H6237 of your seed, H2233 and of your vineyards, H3754 and give H5414 to his officers, H5631 and to his servants. H5650

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:9 - Then the king H4428 of Israel H3478 called H7121 an H259 officer, H5631 and said, H559 Hasten H4116 hither Micaiah H4321 the son H1121 of Imlah. H3229

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:6 - And when the king H4428 asked H7592 the woman, H802 she told H5608 him. So the king H4428 appointed H5414 unto her a certain H259 officer, H5631 saying, H559 Restore H7725 all that was hers, and all the fruits H8393 of the field H7704 since the day H3117 that she left H5800 the land, H776 even until now.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:32 - And he lifted up H5375 his face H6440 to the window, H2474 and said, H559 Who is on my side? who? And there looked out H8259 to him two H8147 or three H7969 eunuchs. H5631

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:18 - And of thy sons H1121 that shall issue H3318 from thee, which thou shalt beget, H3205 shall they take away; H3947 and they shall be eunuchs H5631 in the palace H1964 of the king H4428 of Babylon. H894

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:11 - And he took away H7673 the horses H5483 that the kings H4428 of Judah H3063 had given H5414 to the sun, H8121 at the entering in H935 of the house H1004 of the LORD, H3068 by the chamber H3957 of Nathanmelech H5419 the chamberlain, H5631 which was in the suburbs, H6503 and burned H8313 the chariots H4818 of the sun H8121 with fire. H784

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:12 - And Jehoiachin H3078 the king H4428 of Judah H3063 went out H3318 to the king H4428 of Babylon, H894 he, and his mother, H517 and his servants, H5650 and his princes, H8269 and his officers: H5631 and the king H4428 of Babylon H894 took H3947 him in the eighth H8083 year H8141 of his reign. H4427

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:15 - And he carried away H1540 Jehoiachin H3078 to Babylon, H894 and the king's H4428 mother, H517 and the king's H4428 wives, H802 and his officers, H5631 and the mighty H352 H193 of the land, H776 those carried H3212 he into captivity H1473 from Jerusalem H3389 to Babylon. H894

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:19 - And out of the city H5892 he took H3947 an H259 officer H5631 that was set H6496 over the men H582 of war, H4421 and five H2568 men H582 of them that were H7200 in the king's H4428 presence, H6440 which were found H4672 in the city, H5892 and the principal H8269 scribe H5608 of the host, H6635 which mustered H6633 the people H5971 of the land, H776 and threescore H8346 men H376 of the people H5971 of the land H776 that were found H4672 in the city: H5892

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:1 - And David H1732 assembled H6950 all the princes H8269 of Israel, H3478 the princes H8269 of the tribes, H7626 and the captains H8269 of the companies H4256 that ministered H8334 to the king H4428 by course, H4256 and the captains H8269 over the thousands, H505 and captains H8269 over the hundreds, H3967 and the stewards H8269 over all the substance H7399 and possession H4735 of the king, H4428 and of his sons, H1121 with the officers, H5631 and with the mighty men, H1368 and with all the valiant men, H2428 unto Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:8 - And the king H4428 of Israel H3478 called H7121 for one H259 of his officers, H5631 and said, H559 Fetch quickly H4116 Micaiah H4319 the son H1121 of Imla. H3229

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:10 - On the seventh H7637 day, H3117 when the heart H3820 of the king H4428 was merry H2896 with wine, H3196 he commanded H559 Mehuman, H4104 Biztha, H968 Harbona, H2726 Bigtha, H903 and Abagtha, H5 Zethar, H2242 and Carcas, H3752 the seven H7651 chamberlains H5631 that served H8334 in the presence H6440 of Ahasuerus H325 the king, H4428

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:12 - But the queen H4436 Vashti H2060 refused H3985 to come H935 at the king's H4428 commandment H1697 by H3027 his chamberlains: H5631 therefore was the king H4428 very H3966 wroth, H7107 and his anger H2534 burned H1197 in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:15 - What shall we do H6213 unto the queen H4436 Vashti H2060 according to law, H1881 because she hath not performed H6213 the commandment H3982 of the king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 by H3027 the chamberlains? H5631

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3 - And let the king H4428 appoint H6485 officers H6496 in all the provinces H4082 of his kingdom, H4438 that they may gather together H6908 all the fair H2896 H4758 young H5291 virgins H1330 unto Shushan H7800 the palace, H1002 to the house H1004 of the women, H802 unto the custody H3027 of Hege H1896 the king's H4428 chamberlain, H5631 keeper H8104 of the women; H802 and let their things for purification H8562 be given H5414 them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:14 - In the evening H6153 she went, H935 and on the morrow H1242 she returned H7725 into the second H8145 house H1004 of the women, H802 to the custody H3027 of Shaashgaz, H8190 the king's H4428 chamberlain, H5631 which kept H8104 the concubines: H6370 she came in H935 unto the king H4428 no more, except the king H4428 delighted H2654 in her, and that she were called H7121 by name. H8034

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:15 - Now when the turn H8447 of Esther, H635 the daughter H1323 of Abihail H32 the uncle H1730 of Mordecai, H4782 who had taken H3947 her for his daughter, H1323 was come H5060 to go in H935 unto the king, H4428 she required H1245 nothing H1697 but what Hegai H1896 the king's H4428 chamberlain, H5631 the keeper H8104 of the women, H802 appointed. H559 And Esther H635 obtained H5375 favour H2580 in the sight H5869 of all them that looked H7200 upon her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:21 - In those days, H3117 while Mordecai H4782 sat H3427 in the king's H4428 gate, H8179 two H8147 of the king's H4428 chamberlains, H5631 Bigthan H904 and Teresh, H8657 of those which kept H8104 the door, H5592 were wroth, H7107 and sought H1245 to lay H7971 hand H3027 on the king H4428 Ahasuerus. H325

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:4 - So Esther's H635 maids H5291 and her chamberlains H5631 came H935 and told H5046 it her. Then was the queen H4436 exceedingly H3966 grieved; H2342 and she sent H7971 raiment H899 to clothe H3847 Mordecai, H4782 and to take away H5493 his sackcloth H8242 from him: but he received H6901 it not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:5 - Then called H7121 Esther H635 for Hatach, H2047 one of the king's H4428 chamberlains, H5631 whom he had appointed H5975 to attend H6440 upon her, and gave him a commandment H6680 to Mordecai, H4782 to know H3045 what it was, and why it was.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:2 - And it was found H4672 written, H3789 that Mordecai H4782 had told H5046 of Bigthana H904 and Teresh, H8657 two H8147 of the king's H4428 chamberlains, H5631 the keepers H8104 of the door, H5592 who sought H1245 to lay H7971 hand H3027 on the king H4428 Ahasuerus. H325

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:14 - And while they were yet talking H1696 with him, came H5060 the king's H4428 chamberlains, H5631 and hasted H926 to bring H935 Haman H2001 unto the banquet H4960 that Esther H635 had prepared. H6213

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:9 - And Harbonah, H2726 one H259 of the chamberlains, H5631 said H559 before H6440 the king, H4428 Behold also, the gallows H6086 fifty H2572 cubits H520 high, H1364 which Haman H2001 had made H6213 for Mordecai, H4782 who had spoken H1696 good H2896 for the king, H4428 standeth H5975 in the house H1004 of Haman. H2001 Then the king H4428 said, H559 Hang H8518 him thereon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:7 - And of thy sons H1121 that shall issue H3318 from thee, which thou shalt beget, H3205 shall they take away; H3947 and they shall be eunuchs H5631 in the palace H1964 of the king H4428 of Babylon. H894

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:3 - Neither let the son H1121 of the stranger, H5236 that hath joined H3867 himself to the LORD, H3068 speak, H559 saying, H559 The LORD H3068 hath utterly H914 separated H914 me from his people: H5971 neither let the eunuch H5631 say, H559 Behold, I am a dry H3002 tree. H6086

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:4 - For thus saith H559 the LORD H3068 unto the eunuchs H5631 that keep H8104 my sabbaths, H7676 and choose H977 the things that please H2654 me, and take hold H2388 of my covenant; H1285

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:2 - (After H310 that Jeconiah H3204 the king, H4428 and the queen, H1377 and the eunuchs, H5631 the princes H8269 of Judah H3063 and Jerusalem, H3389 and the carpenters, H2796 and the smiths, H4525 were departed H3318 from Jerusalem;) H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:19 - The princes H8269 of Judah, H3063 and the princes H8269 of Jerusalem, H3389 the eunuchs, H5631 and the priests, H3548 and all the people H5971 of the land, H776 which passed H5674 between the parts H1335 of the calf; H5695

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:7 - Now when Ebedmelech H5663 the Ethiopian, H3569 one H376 of the eunuchs H5631 which was in the king's H4428 house, H1004 heard H8085 that they had put H5414 Jeremiah H3414 in the dungeon; H953 the king H4428 then sitting H3427 in the gate H8179 of Benjamin; H1144

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:16 - Then took H3947 Johanan H3110 the son H1121 of Kareah, H7143 and all the captains H8269 of the forces H2428 that were with him, all the remnant H7611 of the people H5971 whom he had recovered H7725 from Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah, H5418 from Mizpah, H4709 after H310 that he had slain H5221 Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam, H296 even mighty H1397 men H582 of war, H4421 and the women, H802 and the children, H2945 and the eunuchs, H5631 whom he had brought again H7725 from Gibeon: H1391

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:25 - He took H3947 also out of the city H5892 an H259 eunuch, H5631 which had the charge H6496 of the men H582 of war; H4421 and seven H7651 men H582 of them that were near H7200 the king's H4428 person, H6440 which were found H4672 in the city; H5892 and the principal H8269 scribe H5608 of the host, H6635 who mustered H6633 the people H5971 of the land; H776 and threescore H8346 men H376 of the people H5971 of the land, H776 that were found H4672 in the midst H8432 of the city. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:3 - And the king H4428 spake H559 unto Ashpenaz H828 the master H7227 of his eunuchs, H5631 that he should bring H935 certain of the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 and of the king's H4410 seed, H2233 and of the princes; H6579

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:7 - Unto whom the prince H8269 of the eunuchs H5631 gave H7760 names: H8034 for he gave H7760 unto Daniel H1840 the name of Belteshazzar; H1095 and to Hananiah, H2608 of Shadrach; H7714 and to Mishael, H4332 of Meshach; H4335 and to Azariah, H5838 of Abednego. H5664

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:8 - But Daniel H1840 purposed H7760 in his heart H3820 that he would not defile H1351 himself with the portion H6598 ➔ of the king's H4428 meat, H6598 nor with the wine H3196 which he drank: H4960 therefore he requested H1245 of the prince H8269 of the eunuchs H5631 that he might not defile H1351 himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:9 - Now God H430 had brought H5414 Daniel H1840 into favour H2617 and tender love H7356 with H6440 the prince H8269 of the eunuchs. H5631

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:10 - And the prince H8269 of the eunuchs H5631 said H559 unto Daniel, H1840 I fear H3373 my lord H113 the king, H4428 who hath appointed H4487 your meat H3978 and your drink: H4960 for why should he see H7200 your faces H6440 worse liking H2196 than the children H3206 which are of your sort? H1524 then shall ye make me endanger H2325 my head H7218 to the king. H4428

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:11 - Then said H559 Daniel H1840 to Melzar, H4453 whom the prince H8269 of the eunuchs H5631 had set H4487 over Daniel, H1840 Hananiah, H2608 Mishael, H4332 and Azariah, H5838

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:18 - Now at the end H7117 of the days H3117 that the king H4428 had said H559 he should bring H935 them in, then the prince H8269 of the eunuchs H5631 brought H935 them in before H6440 Nebuchadnezzar. H5019
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