Lexical Summary saris: eunuch Original Word: סָרִיסTransliteration: saris Phonetic Spelling: (saw-reece') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: eunuch Meaning: a eunuch, valet, a minister of state Strong's Concordance chamberlain, eunuch, officer Or caric {saw-reece'}; 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 Rab-Cariyc. see HEBREW Rab-Cariyc Brown-Driver-Briggs H5631. saris סָרִיס45 noun masculine eunuch (Late Hebrew id., סָרִיסָא ᵑ7, Syriac (all with verb denominative = emasculate), Old Aramaic סרסא Lzb331 Cook86; Arabic , (verb 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 7t.; construct סְרִיס Genesis 37:36 3t.; plural סָרִיסִים 2 Kings 9:32 17t.; construct סְרִיסֵי Genesis 40:7 4t.; suffix סָרִיסָיו 40:2 4t., סָרִיסֶ֫יהָ Esther 4:4; — eunuch, of Pharaoh Genesis 37:36; 40:2, 7 (all E), married 39:1 (RJE); of Israel kings 1 Samuel 8:15 (predict.), 1 Kings 22:9 2 Chronicles 18:8; 2 Kings 8:6; 9:32 (all of Northern Israel); 1 Chronicles 28:1 (in David's time). 2 Kings 23:11; 24:12, 15 compare Jeremiah 29:2, also 34:19; 38:7; 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, סָרִיסָיו רַב Daniel 1:3, הַסָּרִיסִים שַׂר 1:7; 1:8; 1:9; 1:10; 1:11; 1:18; to king of Persia in Esther 1:10, 12, 15 9t. Esther; promises made to eunuchs Isaiah 56:3-4,. (Term never used in law codes; on contrary compare exclusion of דַּכָּא מְּצוּעַ, and שָׁפְכָה כְּרוּת Deuteronomy 23:2 [see Dron the passage], also אָ֑שֶׁךְ מְרוֺחַ 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 DrDeuteronomy 23:1. |
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