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סָרִיס saris
Hebrew word for “eunuch” · Strong’s H5631 · used 42 times in 42 verses
Meaning
official, eunuch
How it is translated
Glosses given for saris in context, with how often each is used:
- eunuchs 11
- officials 10
- court-official 7
- court-officials 7
- eunuch 4
- official 2
- one of the eunuchs 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esther | 12 | 3.9 | |
| 2 Kings | 7 | 0.6 | |
| Daniel | 7 | 1.2 | |
| Jeremiah | 5 | 0.2 | |
| Genesis | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Isaiah | 3 | 0.2 | |
| 1 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Daniel 1 (7), Esther 2 (4), Esther 1 (3), Genesis 40 (2), 2 Kings 24 (2), Esther 4 (2), Esther 6 (2), Isaiah 56 (2), Genesis 37 (1), Genesis 39 (1)
Forms
- סריס 11
- הסריסים 11
- סריסיו 3
- סריסי 3
- סריסים 3
- הסריס 2
- לסריסיו 1
- וסריסיו 1
- וסריסיה 1
- מסריסי 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with saris more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- שַׂר sar “ruler” 16
- מׇרְדֳּכַי mordekhay “Mordecai” 6
- דָּנִיֵּאל daniyyel “Daniel” 5
- אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ achashverosh “Ahasuerus” 4
- אֶסְתֵּר ester “Esther” 4
- מִן־ min “from” 8
- שָׁמַר shamar “to keep” 6
- לָקַח laqach “to take” 7
- פָּקִיד paqid “overseer” 3
- אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 6
- אֶחָד echad “one” 6
- קָצַף qatsaph “be angry” 3
Key verses
The verses using saris that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 37:36 — And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard.
- 2 Kings 9:32 — And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.
- 2 Kings 24:12 — And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of…
- 1 Chronicles 28:1 — And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the…
- Esther 1:12 — But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
- Esther 7:9 — And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good…
- Isaiah 39:7 — And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
- Isaiah 56:3 — Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the…
- Isaiah 56:4 — For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
- Jeremiah 38:7 — Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in…
- Daniel 1:7 — Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and…
- Daniel 1:8 — But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested…
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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.