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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
Dictionary Aids

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 - Meanwhile, the [fn]Midianites H4084 sold H4376 him in Egypt H4714 to Potiphar H6318, Pharaoh’s H6547 officer H5631, the captain H8269 of the bodyguard H2876.

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Now Joseph H3130 had been taken H3381 down H3381 to Egypt H4714; and Potiphar H6318, an Egyptian H4713 officer H5631 of Pharaoh H6547, the captain H8269 of the bodyguard H2876, bought H7069 him [fn]from the Ishmaelites H3459, who H834 had taken H3381 him down H3381 there H8033.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:2 - And Pharaoh H6547 was H7107 furious H7107 with his two H8147 officials H5631, the chief H8269 cupbearer H4945 and the chief H8269 baker H644.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:7 - So he asked H7592 Pharaoh’s H6547 officials H5631 who H834 were with him in confinement H4929 in his master’s H113 house H1004, “[fn]Why H4069 are your faces H6440 so sad H7451 today H3117?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:15 - “And he will take H6237 a H6237 tenth H6237 of your seed H2233 and your vineyards H3754 and give H5414 it to his high H5631 officials H5631 and his servants H5650.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:9 - Then the king H4428 of Israel H3478 summoned H7121 an officer H5631 and said H559, “Bring H4116 Micaiah H4321 son H1121 of Imlah H3229 quickly H4116.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:6 - When the king H4428 asked H7592 the woman H802, she told H5608 everything to him. So the king H4428 appointed H5414 an officer H5631 for her, saying H559, “Restore H7725 all H3605 that was hers and all H3605 the produce H8393 of the field H7704 from the day H3117 that she left H5800 the land H776 even until H5704 now H6258.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:32 - Then he raised H5375 his face H6440 toward H413 the window H2474 and said H559, “Who H4310 is with me, who H4310?” And two H8147 or three H7969 officials H5631 looked H8259 down H8259 at him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:18 - ‘And some H4480 of your sons H1121 who H834 will come H3318 from you, whom H834 you will father H3205, will be taken H3947 away; and they will become H1961 officials H5631 in the palace H1964 of the king H4428 of Babylon H894.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:11 - And he did H7673 away H7673 with H7673 the horses H5483 that the kings H4428 of Judah H3063 had given H5414 to the sun H8121, at the entrance H935 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, by the chamber H3957 of Nathan-melech H5419 the official H5631, which H834 was at the [fn]covered H6503 courtyard H6503; and he burned H8313 the chariots H4818 of the sun H8121 with fire H784.

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

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So he led H1540 Jehoiachin H3078 into H1540 exile H1540 to Babylon H894; also the king’s H4428 mother H517, the king’s H4428 wives H802, and his officials H5631 and the leading H193 men H193 of the land H776, he led H1980 into exile H1473 from Jerusalem H3389 to Babylon H894.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:19 - And from the city H5892 he took H3947 one H259 official H5631 who H834 was overseer H6496 of the men H376 of war H4421, and five H2568 [fn]of the king’s H4428 advisers H582 H7200 who H834 were found H4672 in the city H5892; and the [fn]scribe H5608 of the captain H8269 of the army H6635 who mustered H6633 the people H5971 of the land H776; and sixty H8346 men H376 of the people H5971 of the land H776 who were found H4672 in the city H5892.

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Now David H1732 assembled H6950 at Jerusalem H3389 all H3605 the officials H8269 of Israel H3478, the leaders H8269 of the tribes H7626, and the commanders H8269 of the divisions H4256 that served H8334 the king H4428, the commanders H8269 of thousands H505, and the commanders H8269 of hundreds H3967, and the overseers H8269 of all H3605 the property H7399 and livestock H4735 belonging to the king H4428 and his sons H1121, with the officials H5631 and the mighty H1368 men H1368, all H3605 the valiant H2428 warriors H1368.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:8 - Then the king H4428 of Israel H3478 summoned H7121 an officer H5631 and said H559, “Bring H4116 Micaiah H4321 son H1121 of Imlah H3229 quickly H4116.”

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On the seventh H7637 day H3117, when the heart H3820 of the king H4428 was cheerful H2895 with wine H3196, he ordered H559 Mehuman H4104, Biztha H968, Harbona H2726, Bigtha H903, Abagtha H5, Zethar H2242, and Carkas H3752, the seven H7651 eunuchs H5631 who served H8334 in the presence H6440 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:12 - But Queen H4436 Vashti H2060 refused H3985 to come H935 at the king’s H4428 order H1697 [fn]delivered H3027 by the eunuchs H5631. So the king H4428 became H7107 very H3966 angry H7107, and his wrath H2534 burned H1197 within him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:15 - “According to law H1881, what H4100 is to be done H6213 with Queen H4436 Vashti H2060, since H5921 H834 she did not [fn]obey H6213 the command H3982 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 [fn]delivered by the eunuchs H5631?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3 - “And may the king H4428 appoint H6485 overseers H6496 in all H3605 the provinces H4082 of his kingdom H4438, and have them [fn]bring H6908 every H3605 beautiful H2896 H4758 young H5291 virgin H1330 to the citadel H1002 of Susa H7800, to the harem H1004 H802, into the custody H3027 of Hegai H1896, the king’s H4428 eunuch H5631, who is in H8104 charge H8104 of H8104 the women H802; and let their cosmetics H8562 be given H5414 to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:14 - In the evening H6153 she would enter H935 and in the morning H1242 she would return H7725 to the second H8145 harem H1004 H802, to the [fn]custody H3027 of Shaashgaz H8190, the king’s H4428 eunuch H5631 who was in H8104 charge H8104 of H8104 the concubines H6370. She would not go H935 in H935 to the king H4428 again H5750, unless H3588 H518 the king H4428 delighted H2654 in her and she was summoned H7121 by name H8034.

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Now when the turn H8447 of Esther H635, the daughter H1323 of Abihail H32 the uncle H1730 of Mordecai H4782 who H834 had taken H3947 her as his daughter H1323, came H5060 to go H935 in H935 to the king H4428, she did not request H1245 anything H1697 except H3588 H518 what H834 Hegai H1896, the king’s H4428 eunuch H5631 who was in H8104 charge H8104 of H8104 the women H802, [fn]advised H559. And Esther H635 was finding H5375 favor H2580 in the eyes H5869 of all H3605 who saw H7200 her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:21 - In those H1992 days H3117, while Mordecai H4782 was sitting H3427 at the king’s H4428 gate H8179, Bigthan H904 and Teresh H8657, two H8147 of the king’s H4428 officials H5631 from those who guarded H8104 the door H5592, became H7107 angry H7107 and sought H1245 to [fn]attack H7971 H3027 King H4428 Ahasuerus H325.

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Then Esther’s H635 attendants H5291 and her eunuchs H5631 came H935 and informed H5046 her, and the queen H4436 was seized H2342 by H2342 great H3966 fear H2342. And she sent H7971 garments H899 to clothe H3847 Mordecai H4782 so that he would remove H5493 his sackcloth H8242 from him, but he did not accept H6901 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:5 - Then Esther H635 summoned H7121 Hathach H2047 from the king’s H4428 eunuchs H5631, whom H834 [fn]the king had appointed H5975 to attend H6440 her, and ordered H6680 him to go to Mordecai H4782 to learn H3045 what H4100 this H2088 mourning was and why H4100 it was happening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:2 - And it was found H4672 written H3789 what H834 Mordecai H4782 had reported H5046 about H5921 Bigthana H904 and Teresh H8657, two H8147 of the king’s H4428 eunuchs H5631 who were doorkeepers H8104 H5592, that they had sought H1245 to [fn]attack H7971 H3027 King H4428 Ahasuerus H325.

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While they were still H5750 talking H1696 with him, the king’s H4428 eunuchs H5631 arrived H5060 and quickly H926 brought H935 Haman H2001 to the banquet H4960 which H834 Esther H635 had prepared H6213.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:9 - Then Harbonah H2726, one H259 of the eunuchs H5631 who stood before H6440 the king H4428, said H559, “Indeed H1571, behold H2009, the wooden H6086 gallows standing H5975 at Haman’s H2001 house H1004 [fn]fifty H2572 cubits H520 high H1364, which H834 Haman H2001 made H6213 for Mordecai H4782 who H834 spoke H1696 good H2896 in H5921 behalf H5921 of H5921 the king H4428!” And the king H4428 said H559, “Hang H8518 him on it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:7 - ‘And some H4480 of your sons H1121 who H834 will come H3318 from you, whom H834 you will father H3205, will be taken H3947 away, and they will become H1961 eunuchs H5631 in the palace H1964 of the king H4428 of Babylon H894.’”

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Let not the foreigner H1121 H5236 who has joined H3867 himself to the LORD H3068 say H559,

“The LORD H3068 will certainly H914 separate H914 me from His people H5971.”

Nor H408 let the eunuch H5631 say H559, “Behold H2005, I am a dry H3002 tree H6086.”

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For this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:

“To the eunuchs H5631 who H834 keep H8104 My Sabbaths H7676,

And choose H977 what H834 pleases H2654 Me,

And hold H2388 firmly H2388 to My covenant H1285,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:2 - (This was after H310 King H4428 Jeconiah H3204 and the queen H1377 mother H1377, the high H5631 officials H5631, the leaders H8269 of Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389, the craftsmen H2796, and the metalworkers H4525 had departed H3318 from Jerusalem H3389.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:19 - the officials H8269 of Judah H3063 and the officials H8269 of Jerusalem H3389, the high H5631 officials H5631 and the priests H3548, and all H3605 the people H5971 of the land H776 who passed H5674 between H996 the parts H1335 of the calf H5695—

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:7 - But Ebed-melech H5663 the Ethiopian H3569, a [fn]eunuch H5631, while he was in the king’s H4428 palace H1004, heard H8085 that they had put H5414 Jeremiah H3414 in the cistern H953. Now the king H4428 was sitting H3427 at the Gate H8179 of Benjamin H1144;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:16 - Then Johanan H3076 the son H1121 of Kareah H7143 and all H3605 the commanders H8269 of the forces H2428 that were with him took H3947 from Mizpah H4709 all H3605 the remnant H7611 of the people H5971 whom H834 he had [fn]recovered H7725 from Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418, after H310 he had struck H5221 and H5221 killed H5221 Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam H296, that is, the men H1397 who were [fn]soldiers H582 H4421, the women H802, the [fn]children H2945, and the high H5631 officials H5631, whom H834 he had brought H7725 back H7725 from Gibeon H1391.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:25 - He also took H3947 from the city H5892 one H259 official H5631 who H834 was overseer H6496 of the warriors H376 H4421, seven H7651 [fn]of the king’s H4428 advisers H582 H7200 who H834 were found H4672 in the city H5892, the scribe H5608 of the commander H8269 of the army H6635 who mustered H6633 the people H5971 of the land H776, and sixty H8346 men H376 from the people H5971 of the land H776 who were found H4672 inside H8432 the city H5892.

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Then the king H4428 told H559 Ashpenaz H828, the chief H7227 of his [fn]officials H5631, to bring H935 in H935 some H4480 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, including some H4480 of the [fn]royal H4410 family H2233 and of the nobles H6579,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:7 - Then the commander H8269 of the officials H5631 assigned H7760 new names H8034 to them; and to Daniel H1840 he assigned H7760 the name Belteshazzar H1095, to Hananiah H2608 Shadrach H7714, to Mishael H4332 Meshach H4335, and to Azariah H5838 Abed-nego H5664.

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But Daniel H1840 [fn]made H7760 up H7760 his mind H3820 that he would not defile H1351 himself with the king’s H4428 choice H6598 food H6598 or with the wine H3196 which he drank H4960; so he sought H1245 permission from the commander H8269 of the officials H5631 that he might not defile H1351 himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:9 - Now God H430 granted H5414 Daniel H1840 favor H2617 and compassion H7356 in the sight H6440 of the commander H8269 of the officials H5631.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:10 - The commander H8269 of the officials H5631 said H559 to Daniel H1840, “I am afraid H3372 of my lord H113 the king H4428, who H834 has allotted H4487 your food H3978 and your drink H4960; for why H4100 should he see H7200 your faces H6440 looking H2196 gaunt H2196 in H4480 comparison H4480 to H4480 the youths H3206 who H834 are your own age H1524? Then you would [fn]make me forfeit H2325 my head H7218 to the king H4428.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:11 - But Daniel H1840 said H559 to the overseer H4453 whom H834 the commander H8269 of the officials H5631 had appointed H4487 over H5921 Daniel H1840, Hananiah H2608, Mishael H4332, and Azariah H5838,

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Then at the end H7117 of the days H3117 which H834 the king H4428 had [fn]specified H559 [fn]for presenting H935 them, the commander H8269 of the officials H5631 [fn]presented H935 them before H6440 Nebuchadnezzar H5019.

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