Quick Definition
eunuch
Strong's Definition
a eunuch; by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state
Derivation: or סָרִס; from an unused root meaning to castrate;
KJV Usage: chamberlain, eunuch, officer. Compare H7249 (רַב־סָרִיס).
TWOT Reference: 1545
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
סָרִיס (sa.ris) — eunuch. official, eunuch
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
Officials | noun m
eunuch = a male who has been castrated and made to serve in the women's quarters in the royal palace
2KI 9:32 · 2KI 20:18 · EST 1:10 · EST 1:12 · EST 1:15 · EST 2:3 · EST 2:14 · EST 2:15 · EST 2:21 · EST 4:4 · EST 4:5 · EST 6:2 · EST 6:14 · EST 7:9 · ISA 39:7 · ISA 56:3 · ISA 56:4 · JER 38:7
Officials | noun m
official = a high-ranking and trusted officer of the king who serves in the royal palace
GEN 37:36 · GEN 39:1 · GEN 40:2 · GEN 40:7 · 1SA 8:15 · 1KI 22:9 · 2KI 8:6 · 2KI 18:17 · 2KI 23:11 · 2KI 24:12 · 2KI 24:15 · 2KI 25:19 · 1CH 28:1 · 2CH 18:8 · JER 29:2 · JER 34:19 · JER 39:3 · JER 39:13 · JER 41:16 · JER 52:25 · DAN 1:3 · DAN 1:7 · DAN 1:8 · DAN 1:9 · DAN 1:10 · DAN 1:11 · DAN 1:18
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
סָרִיס 45 n.m. eunuch base