Rab-saris
רַב־סָרִיסStrong’s H7249rav-saris (rav-sa-ris)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Rav-saris is the Hebrew word usually translated “rab-”, “saris” and “chief”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.”
Meaning
- Chief eunuch
- Rab-saris, chief eunuch, a high ranking Babylonian official
- Chief eunuch
- Rab-saris, chief eunuch, a high ranking Babylonian official
How it's translated
- rab- 2
- saris 2
- chief 1
- court-official 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 2
- 2 Kings 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Jeremiah 39:3And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 39:13So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon’s princes;
Hebrew dictionary
רַב־סָרִיס rav-saris · Rab-saris
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ki.18.17 1) chief eunuch 2) Rab-saris, chief eunuch, a high ranking Babylonian official
רַב־סָרִיס rav-saris · Rab-saris
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.39.3 1) chief eunuch 2) Rab-saris, chief eunuch, a high ranking Babylonian official
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “chief” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CHIEF, adjective
- Highest in office or rank; principal; as a chief priest; the chief butler. Genesis 40:9“Among the chief rulers, many believed on him” John 12:42
- Principal or most eminent, in any quality or action; most distinguished; having most influence; commanding most respect; taking the lead; most valuable; most important; a word of extensive use; as a country chief in arms.“The hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass” Ezra 9:2
- First in affection; most dear and familiar.“A whisperer separateth chief friends” Proverbs 16:28
All definitions and other forms of “chief”
CHIEF, noun
- A commander; particularly a military commander; the person who heads an army; equivalent to the modern terms, commander or general in chief captain general, or generalissimo. 1 Chronicles 11:6
- The principal person of a tribe, family, or congregation, etc.
- In chief in English law, in capite.
- In heraldry, chief signifies the head or upper part of the escutcheon, from side to side, representing a mans head.
- In Spenser, it seems to signify something like achievement, a mark of distinction; as, chaplets wrought with a chief
- This word is often used, in the singular number, to express a plurality.“I took the chief of your tribes, wise men and known, and made them heads over you” Deuteronomy 1:15“These were the chief of the officers, that were over Solomons work” 1 Kings 9:23
- The principal part; the most or largest part, of one thing or of many.“The people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed” 1 Samuel 15:21“He smote the chief of their strength” Psalms 78:51
CHIEF, adverb
Chiefly.
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.