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Lexicon :: Strong's H5631 - sārîs

Aa
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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:36 - And in Egypt the men of Midian gave him for a price to Potiphar, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:1 - Now Joseph was taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar the Egyptian, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house, got him for a price from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:2 - And Pharaoh was angry with his two servants, with the chief wine-servant and the chief bread-maker;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:7 - And he said to the servants of Pharaoh who were in prison with him, Why are you looking so sad?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:15 - He will take a tenth of your seed and of the fruit of your vines and give it to his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:9 - Then the king of Israel sent for one of his unsexed servants and said, Go quickly and come back with Micaiah, the son of Imlah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:6 - And in answer to the king's questions, the woman gave him all the story. So the king gave orders to one of his unsexed servants, saying, Give her back all her property, and all the produce of her fields from the day when she went away from the land up till now.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:32 - Then, looking up to the window, he said, Who is on my side, who? and two or three unsexed servants put out their heads.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:18 - And your sons, the offspring of your body, they will take away to be unsexed servants in the house of the king of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:11 - And he took away the horses which the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the way into the house of the Lord, by the room of Nathan-melech, the unsexed servant, which was in the outer part of the building, and the carriages of the sun he put on fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:12 - Then Jehoiachin, king of Judah, went out to the king of Babylon, with his mother and his servants and his chiefs and his unsexed servants; and in the eighth year of his rule the king of Babylon took him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:15 - He took Jehoiachin a prisoner to Babylon, with his mother and his wives and his unsexed servants and the great men of the land; he took them all as prisoners from Jerusalem to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:19 - And from the town he took the unsexed servant who was over the men of war, and five of the king's near friends who were in the town, and the scribe of the captain of the army, who was responsible for getting the people of the land together in military order, and sixty men of the people of the land who were in the town.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:1 - And David got together at Jerusalem all the rulers of Israel, the chiefs of the tribes and the captains of the divisions waiting on the king in turn, and the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds and the controllers of all the goods and property of the king and his sons, with the unsexed servants and the great men of war.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:8 - Then the king of Israel sent for one of his unsexed servants and said, Go quickly and come back with Micaiah, the son of Imla.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:10 - On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was glad with wine, he gave orders to Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven unsexed servants who were waiting before Ahasuerus the king,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:12 - But when the servants gave her the king's order, Vashti the queen said she would not come: then the king was very angry, and his heart was burning with wrath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:15 - What is to be done by law to Vashti the queen, because she has not done what King Ahasuerus, by his servants, gave her orders to do?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3 - Let the king give authority to certain men in all the divisions of his kingdom, to get together all the fair young virgins and send them to Shushan, the king's town, to the women's house, under the care of Hegai, the king's servant, the keeper of the women: and let the things needed for making them clean be given to them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:14 - In the evening she went, and on the day after she came back to the second house of the women, into the keeping of Shaashgaz, one of the king's unsexed servants who had the care of the king's wives: only if the king had delight in her and sent for her by name did she go in to him again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:15 - Now when the time came for Esther, the daughter of Abihail, his father's brother, whom Mordecai had taken as his daughter, to go in to the king, she made request for nothing but what Hegai, the king's servant and keeper of the women, had given her. And Esther was looked on kindly by all who saw her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:21 - In those days, while Mordecai was seated at the king's doorway, two of the king's servants, Bigthan and Teresh, keepers of the door, being angry, were looking for a chance to make an attack on King Ahasuerus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:4 - And Esther's women and her servants came and gave her word of it. Then great was the grief of the queen: and she sent robes for Mordecai, so that his clothing of haircloth might be taken off; but he would not have them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:5 - Then Esther sent for Hathach, one of the king's unsexed servants whom he had given her for waiting on her, and she gave him orders to go to Mordecai and see what this was and why it was.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:2 - It came out that it was recorded in the book how Mordecai had given word of the designs of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's servants, keepers of the door, by whom an attack on the king had been designed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:14 - While they were still talking, the king's servants came to take Haman to the feast which Esther had made ready.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:9 - Then Harbonah, one of the unsexed servants waiting before the king, said, See, the pillar fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai, who said a good word for the king, is still in its place in Haman's house. Then the king said, Put him to death by hanging him on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:7 - And your sons, even your offspring, will they take away to be unsexed servants in the house of the king of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:3 - And let not the man from a strange country, who has been joined to the Lord, say, The Lord will certainly put a division between me and his people: and let not the unsexed man say, See, I am a dry tree.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:4 - For the Lord says, As for the unsexed who keep my Sabbaths, and give their hearts to pleasing me, and keep their agreement with me:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:2 - (After Jeconiah the king and the queen-mother and the unsexed servants and the rulers of Judah and Jerusalem and the expert workmen and the metal-workers had gone away from Jerusalem;)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:19 - The rulers of Judah and the rulers of Jerusalem, the unsexed servants and the priests and all the people of the land who went between the parts of the ox,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:7 - Now it came to the ears of Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, an unsexed servant in the king's house, that they had put Jeremiah into the water-hole; the king at that time being seated in the doorway of Benjamin:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:16 - Then Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, took all the rest of the people whom Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, had made prisoners, after he had put to death Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the people from Mizpah, that is, the men of war and the women and the children and the unsexed servants, whom he had taken back with him from Gibeon:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:25 - And from the town he took the unsexed servant who was over the men of war, and seven of the king's near friends who were in the town, and the scribe of the captain of the army, who was responsible for getting the people of the land together in military order, and sixty men of the people of the land who were in the town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:3 - And the king gave orders to Ashpenaz, the captain of his unsexed servants, to take in some of the children of Israel, certain of the king's family, and those of high birth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:7 - And the captain of the unsexed servants gave them names; to Daniel he gave the name of Belteshazzar, to Hananiah the name of Shadrach, to Mishael the name of Meshach, and to Azariah the name of Abed-nego.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:8 - And Daniel had come to the decision that he would not make himself unclean with the king's food or wine; so he made a request to the captain of the unsexed servants that he might not make himself unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:9 - And God put into the heart of the captain of the unsexed servants kind feelings and pity for Daniel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:10 - And the captain of the unsexed servants said to Daniel, I am in fear of my lord the king, who has given orders about your food and your drink; what if he sees you looking less happy than the other young men of your generation? then you would have put my head in danger from the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:11 - Then Daniel said to the keeper in whose care the captain of the unsexed servants had put Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:18 - Now at the end of the time fixed by the king for them to go in, the captain of the unsexed servants took them in to Nebuchadnezzar.
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