רַב־סָרִיס
Rab-Çârîyç · rab-saw-reece'
Rab-Saris, a Babylonian official
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7227 (רַב) and a foreign word for a eunuch; chief chamberlain;
Rab-Saris, a Babylonian official
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Rab-saris.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- 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)
the head, the highest › the house, what is within › to support and uphold › the head, the highest › the hand that works › to support and uphold
The head, the highest of the house, what is within that works 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 רַב־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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- rabsaris2 · 67%
- and rabsaris1 · 33%
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.