Eunuch
סָרִיסStrong’s H5631saris (sa-ris)
Appears in 42 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Saris is the Hebrew word usually translated “court-official”, “officials” and “eunuchs”. It appears in 42 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king’s seed, and of the princes;”
Meaning
- Official, eunuch
How it's translated
- a court-official 6
- the officials 6
- the eunuchs 4
- eunuch of 3
- officials his 2
- eunuchs 2
- the court-officials 2
- eunuchs of 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Esther 12
- 2 Kings 7
- Daniel 7
- Jeremiah 5
- Genesis 4
- Isaiah 3
10 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 1:7In contextUnto 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 to Azariah, of Abednego.
- Daniel 1:8In contextBut 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 of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
- Daniel 1:9In contextNow God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.
- Daniel 1:10In contextAnd the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.
- Daniel 1:11In contextThen said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
- Daniel 1:18In contextNow at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.
Hebrew dictionary
סָרִיס saris · eunuch
official, eunuch
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “eunuch” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
EU'NUCH, noun
[Gr. a bed, and to keep.]
A male of the human species castrated.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.