Word Study · Strong's H5631 · Hebrew
סָרִיס
saris
saw-reece'
Strong's 1890 spelling: çârîyç
“a eunuch”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a eunuch; by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state
Rendered in the KJV as
chamberlain, eunuch, officer. Compare H7249 (רַב־סָרִיס).
- 42occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 10 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 35inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 42 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 35
- סָרִ֨יס3
- הַסָּרִ֔יס2
- הַסָּרִיסִ֔ים2
- סְרִ֥יס2
- סָרִ֖יס2
- סָרִיסָ֑יו2
- הַסָּרִיסִ֧ים1
- הַסָּרִיסִ֖ים1
- הַסָּרִיסִים֙1
- הַסָּֽרִיסִ֔ים1
- הַסָּ֣רִיסִ֔ים1
- הַסָּרִיסִ֑ים1
and 23 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 23
- a court-official6
- the officials6
- the eunuchs4
- [the] eunuch of3
- [the] eunuchs of2
- eunuchs2
- officials his2
- the court-officials2
- [the] official of1
- [the] officials of1
- an official of1
- and [the] eunuchs of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 15
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural12
- noun · masculine singular6
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)5
- noun · masculine plural3
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)3
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Ncmpa · 12
- HNcmsa · 6
- HNcmsc · 5
- HNcmpa · 3
- HNcmpc · 3
- HNcmpc/Sp3ms · 3
- HTd/Ncmsa · 2
- HC/Ncmpa · 1
- HC/Ncmpc · 1
- HC/Ncmpc/Sp3fs · 1
- HC/Ncmpc/Sp3ms · 1
- HC/Td/Ncmpa · 1
All 42, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Esther12 of 42 · 29%
- 2 Kings7 of 42 · 17%
- Daniel7 of 42 · 17%
- Jeremiah5 of 42 · 12%
- Genesis4 of 42 · 10%
Esther carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis4 occurrences
- Genesis 37:36סְרִ֣יסserisnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.here: an official of
- Genesis 39:1סְרִ֨יסserisnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.here: [the] official of
- Genesis 40:2סָרִיסָ֑יוsarisavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularPharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,here: officials his
- Genesis 40:7סְרִיסֵ֣יseriseinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)So he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so downcast today?”here: [the] officials of
1 Kings1 occurrence
2 Kings7 occurrences
- 2 Kings 8:6סָרִ֨יסsarisnoun · masculine singularWhen the king asked the woman, she confirmed it. So the king appointed for her an officer, saying, “Restore all that was hers, along with all the proceeds of the field from the day that she left the country until now.”here: a court-official
- 2 Kings 9:32סָרִיסִֽים׃sarisimnoun · masculine pluralHe looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three eunuchs looked down at him.here: court-officials
- 2 Kings 20:18סָֽרִיסִ֔יםsarisimnoun · masculine pluralAnd some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”here: eunuchs
- 2 Kings 23:11הַסָּרִ֔יסhasaristhe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd he removed from the entrance to the house of the LORD the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court near the chamber of an official named Nathan-melech. And Josiah burned up the chariots of the sun.here: the court-official
- 2 Kings 24:12וְסָֽרִיסָ֑יוvesarisavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularJehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive.here: and court-officials his
- 2 Kings 24:15סָרִיסָ֗יוsarisavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularNebuchadnezzar carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, as well as the king’s mother, his wives, his officials, and the leading men of the land. He took them into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.here: court-officials his
- 2 Kings 25:19סָרִ֨יסsarisnoun · masculine singularOf those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.here: a court-official
2 Chronicles1 occurrence
Esther12 occurrences
- Esther 1:10הַסָּ֣רִיסִ֔יםhasarisimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralOn the seventh day, when the king’s heart was merry with wine, he ordered the seven eunuchs who served him—Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas—here: the eunuchs
- Esther 1:12הַסָּרִיסִ֑יםhasarisimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralQueen Vashti, however, refused to come at the king’s command brought by his eunuchs. And the king became furious, and his anger burned within him.here: the eunuchs
- Esther 1:15הַסָּרִיסִֽים׃ סhasarisimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural“According to law,” he asked, “what should be done with Queen Vashti, since she refused to obey the command of King Xerxes delivered by the eunuchs?”here: the eunuchs
- Esther 2:3סְרִ֥יסserisnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)and let the king appoint commissioners in each province of his kingdom to assemble all the beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the women, and let them be given beauty treatments.here: [the] eunuch of
- Esther 2:14סְרִ֥יסserisnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)She would go there in the evening, and in the morning she would return to a second harem under the care of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch in charge of the concubines. She would not return to the king unless he delighted in her and summoned her by name.here: [the] eunuch of
- Esther 2:15סְרִיס־seris-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Now Esther was the daughter of Abihail, the uncle from whom Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter. And when it was her turn to go to the king, she did not ask for anything except what Hegai, the king’s trusted official in charge of the harem, had advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of everyone who saw her.here: [the] eunuch of
- Esther 2:21סָרִיסֵ֤יsariseinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, grew angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.here: [the] eunuchs of
- Esther 4:4וְסָרִיסֶ֙יהָ֙vesariseihaconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularWhen Esther’s maidens and eunuchs came and told her about Mordecai, the queen was overcome with distress. She sent clothes for Mordecai to wear instead of his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.here: and eunuchs her
- Esther 4:5מִסָּרִיסֵ֤יmisariseipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)Then Esther summoned Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs appointed to her, and she dispatched him to Mordecai to learn what was troubling him and why.here: one of [the] eunuchs of
- Esther 6:2סָרִיסֵ֣יsariseinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the king’s entrance, when they had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.here: [the] eunuchs of
- Esther 6:14וְסָרִיסֵ֥יvesariseiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)While they were still speaking with Haman, the king’s eunuchs arrived and rushed him to the banquet that Esther had prepared.here: and [the] eunuchs of
- Esther 7:9הַסָּרִיסִ֜יםhasarisimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralThen Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “There is a gallows fifty cubits high at Haman’s house. He had it built for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.” “Hang him on it!” declared the king.here: the eunuchs
Isaiah3 occurrences
- Isaiah 39:7סָרִיסִ֔יםsarisimnoun · masculine pluralAnd some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”here: eunuchs
- Isaiah 56:3הַסָּרִ֔יסhasaristhe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularLet no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.”here: the eunuch
- Isaiah 56:4לַסָּֽרִיסִים֙lasarisimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluralFor this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, who choose what pleases Me and hold fast to My covenant—here: to the eunuchs
Jeremiah5 occurrences
- Jeremiah 29:2וְהַסָּרִיסִ֜יםvehasarisimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural(This was after King Jeconiah, the queen mother, the court officials, the officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metalsmiths had been exiled from Jerusalem.)here: and the court-officials
- Jeremiah 34:19הַסָּֽרִסִים֙hasarisimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralThe officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the court officials, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the pieces of the calf,here: the court-officials
- Jeremiah 38:7סָרִ֗יסsarisnoun · masculine singularNow Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,here: a court-official
- Jeremiah 41:16וְסָ֣רִסִ֔יםvesarisimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluralThen Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies with him took the whole remnant of the people from Mizpah whom he had recovered from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after Ishmael had killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam: the soldiers, women, children, and court officials he had brought back from Gibeon.here: and court-officials
- Jeremiah 52:25סָרִ֨יסsarisnoun · masculine singularOf those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as seven trusted royal advisers. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.here: a court-official
Daniel7 occurrences
- Daniel 1:3סָרִיסָ֑יוsarisavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThen the king ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his court officials, to bring in some Israelites from the royal family and the nobility—here: officials his
- Daniel 1:7הַסָּרִיסִ֖יםhasarisimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralThe chief official gave them new names: To Daniel he gave the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.here: the officials
- Daniel 1:8הַסָּרִיסִ֔יםhasarisimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralBut Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king’s food or wine. So he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself.here: the officials
- Daniel 1:9הַסָּרִיסִֽים׃hasarisimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralNow God had granted Daniel favor and compassion from the chief official,here: the officials
- Daniel 1:10הַסָּרִיסִים֙hasarisimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralbut he said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who has assigned your food and drink. For why should he see your faces looking thinner than those of the other young men your age? You would endanger my head before the king!”here: the officials
- Daniel 1:11הַסָּֽרִיסִ֔יםhasarisimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralThen Daniel said to the steward whom the chief official had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,here: the officials
- Daniel 1:18הַסָּרִיסִ֔יםhasarisimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralNow at the end of the time specified by the king, the chief official presented them to Nebuchadnezzar.here: the officials