H5631Hebrew

סָרִיס

çârîyç(saw-reece')
42 occurrencesOld TestamentUncommon Word

Definition

From Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (1906)

Strong's Definition

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

Translated in KJV as

chamberlaineunuchofficer.

Compare H7249

Etymology

or סָרִס; from an unused root meaning to castrate;

All Occurrences(42)