Strong's H5631 (Hebrew)

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Strong's H5631 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: סָרִיס (çârîyç)

Pronunciation: saw-reece'

Morphology: n-m

Derivation: or סָרִס (çâriç); from an unused root meaning to castrate

Definition: a eunuch; by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state

KJV Renderings: chamberlain, eunuch, officer. Compare רַב־סָרִיס (Rab-Çârîyç) H7249

Senses

  1. official, eunuch

Cross References

Strong's Original Transliteration Derivation Definition KJV Renderings
G1413 δυνάστης dynástēs from G1410 a ruler or officer of great authority, mighty, potentate
G2135 εὐνοῦχος eunoûchos from εὐνή (eunḗ) (a bed) and G2192 a castrated person (such being employed in Oriental bed-chambers); by extension an impotent or unmarried man; by implication, a chamberlain (state-officer) eunuch
H7249 רַב־סָרִיס Rab-Çârîyç from רַב (rab) H7227 and a foreign word for a eunuch; chief chamberlain Rab-Saris, a Babylonian official Rab-saris



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