Strong's H5631
סָרִיס
- Language:
- Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament)
Definition
a eunuch; by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state
Derivation
or סָרִס; from an unused root meaning to castrate;
KJV Translation
In the King James Version, סָרִיס is translated as: chamberlain, eunuch, officer. Compare H7249 (רַב־סָרִיס)..
About Strong's Concordance
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Hebrew and Aramaic root word in the Old Testament. The Hebrew dictionary covers all 8,674 root words. This entry is in the public domain.