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Lexicon :: Strong's H7249 - rḇ-srys

Aa
רב־סריס
Transliteration
rḇ-srys
Pronunciation
rab-saw-reece'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From רַב (H7227) and a foreign word for a eunuch
Strong’s Definitions

רַב־סָרִיס Rab-Çârîyç, rab-saw-reece'; from H7227 and a foreign word for a eunuch; chief chamberlain; Rab-Saris, a Babylonian official:—Rab-saris.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H7249 in the following manner: Rabsaris (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H7249 in the following manner: Rabsaris (3x).
  1. chief eunuch

    1. Rab-saris, chief eunuch, a high ranking Babylonian official

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רַב־סָרִיס Rab-Çârîyç, rab-saw-reece'; from H7227 and a foreign word for a eunuch; chief chamberlain; Rab-Saris, a Babylonian official:—Rab-saris.
STRONGS H7249: Abbreviations
רַב־סָרִיס (compare Old Aramaic [Nineveh] רב סרס Lzb366), 2 Kings 18:17 (Assyrian; not in || [H7262 Isaiah 36:2]), Jeremiah 39:3, 13 (Babylonian), usually chief eunuch, but = rabû-ša-rêši, chief of the heads (the principal men) WklUnters. x. altor. Geschichte. 1889, Excurs. v, p. 138 (actually found as rubû-ša-ri-ešu PinchesAcad June 25,1892, 618), PinchesHast. DB. RAB-SARIS

This is a portion of the full BDB entry H7227 II. רַב.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Kings

18:17

Jeremiah

39:8; 39:13

H7249

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7249 matches the Hebrew רב־סריס (rḇ-srys),
which occurs 6 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:17 - Then the king of Assyria sent the Tartan and the Rab-saris and the Rab-shakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem, to King Hezekiah, with a strong force. And they went up and came to Jerusalem, and took up their position by the stream of the higher pool, by the highway of the washerman's field.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:3 - All the captains of the king of Babylon came in and took their places in the middle doorway of the town, Nergal-shar-ezer, ruler of Sin-magir, the Rabmag, and Nebushazban, the Rab-saris, and all the captains of the king of Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:13 - So Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, sent Nebushazban, the Rab-saris, and Nergal-shar-ezer, the Rabmag, and all the chief captains of the king of Babylon,
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