סָרִיס
sārîs
eunuch
Strong's H5631NounHebrewTWOT 1545

סָרִיס (sārîs) is a Hebrew noun meaning eunuch. It appears 42 times in 10 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5631).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1545)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1545)eunuch; valet, minister; chamberlain, officer
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

סָרִיס noun, masculine: eunuch

Strong's H5631 סָרִיס: a eunuch; by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state
KJV:chamberlain, eunuch, officer. Compare H7249.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 37:361 Samuel 8:152 Kings 8:6

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