סָרִיס45 H5631
eunuch, castrated court servant; court official, royal officer
2. court official, royal officer — A high-ranking royal functionary or court officer, not necessarily castrated, used as a title of office rather than a description of physical condition (e.g., Potiphar as officer of Pharaoh, officers of the king). 7×
AR["الْخِصْيَانِ","خَصِيَّيْ","خَصِيَّيْهِ","خَصِيُّ","خَصِيِّ","لِ-خِصْيَانِهِ","وَالْخِصْيَانِ"]·ben["আর-নপুংসকদের-এর","কর্মচারী","তার-খোজাদেরকে","তার-নপুংসকদের","নপুংসক","নপুংসকদের"]·DE["Hofbeamten","[והסריסים]","die-Eunuchen","die-Hofbeamten","ein-Hofbeamter","einen-Hofbeamten","zu-sein-Beamte"]·EN["and-the-court-officials","officer-of","officers-his","officers-of","the-officials","to-his-officials"]·FR["et-eunuque","eunuque","officers-de","officers-son","officier-de","à-son-officiers"]·heb["ה-סריס","ו-ה-סריסים","ל-סריסיו","סריס","סריסי","סריסיו-ו"]·HI["-के-हिजड़ों","अपने-हाकिमों-पर","और-खोजों","को-अधिकारियों-अपने","खोजा","हाकिमों"]·ID["-sida-sida","dan-pegawai-istana","kepada-pegawai-pegawainya","pegawai","pegawai-istana","pegawai-istananya"]·IT["a-suo-ufficiali","e-eunuco","eunuco","officer-di","officers-di","officers-suo"]·jav["dhateng-para-punggawanipun","lan-para-pegawè","para-punggawa","punggawa","punggawa-punggawanipun","punggawané"]·KO["관리","관리들을","그-관리들","그리고-그-환관들과","그의-관리들","그의-환관들에게"]·PT["a-oficiais-dele","e-os-eunucos","oficiais-de","oficiais-dele","oficial-de","os-oficiais"]·RU["евнух","евнухам-своим","евнухами","евнухов","евнухов-своих","евнуху","и-евнухов"]·ES["a-sus-oficiales","los-oficiales","oficial-de","oficiales-de","oficiales-suyos","y-los-oficiales"]·SW["kwa-maofisa-wake","maafisa-wa-ikulu","mgeni","na-maafisa","ofisa-wa","wa-Pharaoh","wakubwa-wake"]·TR["hadimlerine","hadimlerle","hadumlarına","hadumu","ve-hadımların"]·urd["اور-خواجہ-سرا","خواجہ-سراؤں","خواجہ-سراؤں-اپنے","خوجہ","درباریوں-کو"]
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Senses
1. eunuch, castrated court servant — A castrated male, especially one serving in a royal household or harem, as in the court of Persian, Babylonian, or Israelite kings (e.g., the eunuchs of Esther's court, those who threw Jezebel down, Isaiah 56:3-4). 35×
AR["الـ-خِصْيَانِ","الْخِصْيَانِ","خَصِيًّا","خَصِيٌّ","خَصِيٍّ","خَصِيُّ","خَصِيِّ","خِصِيًّا","خِصْيَانِ"]·ben["-নপুংসকদের","নপুংসক","নপুংসকগণ"]·DE["Eunuch","Kaemmerer","Kaemmerer-von","[סריס]","der-Kaemmerer","die-Eunuchen","eunuch"]·EN["an-officer","eunuch","eunuch-of","eunuch-of-","eunuchs-of","official","the-eunuchs"]·FR["eunuch","eunuque"]·heb["ה-סריס","ה-סריסים","סריס"]·HI["खोजा","खोजे","खोजों","खोजों-के","खोजों-को","सारीस"]·ID["sida-sida"]·IT["eunuco","gli-eunuchi"]·jav["abdi-kraton","abdi-kraton-","kang-para-punggawa","para-abdi-kraton","pejabat","priyantun-kraton","punggawa","punggawa-istana","sida"]·KO["관리를","그-내시들에게","그-내시들의","내시","내시-","내시가","내시들","내시를","의-내시들"]·PT["eunuco","eunuco-de","eunuco-de-","eunucos-de","oficial","os-eunucos"]·RU["-евнухов","евнух","евнуха","евнухам","евнухах","евнухов","евнуху"]·ES["eunuco","eunuco-de","eunucos-de","los-eunucos","oficial","y-él"]·SW["maakida","matowashi","mbele-ya","na-Esta","ofisa","towashi","wa-matowashi","wawili"]·TR["hadim","hadım","hadımlara-","hadımların","hadımların-","hadımı","hadımı-"]·urd["ال-خواجہ-سراؤں-کے","خواجہ","خواجہ-سرا","خواجہ-سرا-کے","خواجہ-سراؤں","خواجہ-سراؤں-کے"]
1 Kgs 22:9, 2 Kgs 8:6, 2 Kgs 9:32, 2 Kgs 20:18, 2 Kgs 23:11, 2 Kgs 24:12, 2 Kgs 24:15, 2 Kgs 25:19, 2 Chr 18:8, Esth 1:10, Esth 1:12, Esth 1:15 (+23 more)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
סָרִיס45 n.m. eunuch (NH id., 𝔗 סָרִיסָא, Syriac ܣܳܪܝܣܳܐ (all c. vb. denom. = emasculate), Old Aramaic סרסא Lzb331 Cook86; Arabic سَرِسٌ, سَرِيسٌ (vb. سَرِسَ be impotent), Kam Frey (not Lane); prob. foreign word; according to JenZA vii. 174 = Assyrian ša rêši, he who is the head, chief, cf. BrockLex 239 b DlHWB 694 (ša-riš?), ZimZMG liii. 1899, 116; eunuch being specialized meaning; in any case…