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HebrewH7249Proper Noun (Masculine)

רַב־סָרִיס

rav-sa.ris

3Occurrences
H7249Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Rab-Saris, a Babylonian official

from H7227 (רַב) and a foreign word for a eunuch; chief chamberlain;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1) chief eunuch 2) Rab-saris, chief eunuch, a high ranking Babylonian official

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

רַב־סָרִיס appears 3 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
2
2 Kings
1

Key Passages

2 Kings 18:17BSB

Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.

Jeremiah 39:3BSB

Then all the officials of the king of Babylon entered and sat in the Middle Gate: Nergal-sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-sarsekim the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and all the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon.

Jeremiah 39:13BSB

So Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, Nebushazban the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and all the captains of the king of Babylon

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.