סָרִיס
çârîyç · saw-reece'
a eunuch; by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state
Lexicon
Derivation: or סָרִס; from an unused root meaning to castrate;
a eunuch; by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state
- a eunuch
- by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: chamberlain, eunuch, officer. Compare H7249 (רַב־סָרִיס).
Letters
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to support and uphold › the head, the highest › the hand that works › to support and uphold
To support and uphold of the head, the highest of the hand that works that works to support and uphold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סָרִיס above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
42 occurrences · 42 OT · 0 NT · 35 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the eunuchs7 · 17%
- chamberlains5 · 12%
- officer3 · 7%
- chamberlain3 · 7%
- an officer2 · 5%
- of his officers2 · 5%
- and they shall be eunuchs2 · 5%
- and his officers2 · 5%
- and the eunuchs2 · 5%
- officers1 · 2%
- to his officers1 · 2%
- eunuchs1 · 2%
- the chamberlain1 · 2%
- with the officers1 · 2%
- his chamberlains1 · 2%
- the chamberlains1 · 2%
- and her chamberlains1 · 2%
- of the chamberlains1 · 2%
- neither let the eunuch1 · 2%
- unto the eunuchs1 · 2%
- the eunuchs1 · 2%
- eunuch1 · 2%
- of his eunuchs1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.