# סָרִיס (saris)

Israeli respelling: sa-ris. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H5631. 42 Old Testament occurrences.

a eunuch; by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state

King James renderings: chamberlain, eunuch, officer. Compare H7249 (רַב־סָרִיס).

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/saris-h5631

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 37:36](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/37/36) — And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard.
- [Genesis 39:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/39/1) — And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of th…
- [Genesis 40:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/40/2) — And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
- [Genesis 40:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/40/7) — And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in the ward of his lord’s house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?
- [1 Samuel 8:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/8/15) — And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
- [1 Kings 22:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/22/9) — Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah.
- [2 Kings 8:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/8/6) — And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and a…
- [2 Kings 9:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/9/32) — And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.
- [2 Kings 20:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/20/18) — And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the ki…
- [2 Kings 23:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/23/11) — And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Na…
- [2 Kings 24:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/24/12) — And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers:…
- [2 Kings 24:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/24/15) — And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those…
- [2 Kings 25:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/25/19) — And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king’s presence, which were…
- [1 Chronicles 28:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/28/1) — And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by…
- [2 Chronicles 18:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/18/8) — And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.
- [Esther 1:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/1/10) — On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and…
- [Esther 1:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/1/12) — But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned…
- [Esther 1:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/1/15) — What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chambe…
- [Esther 2:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/2/3) — And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shusha…
- [Esther 2:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/2/14) — In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s chamber…
- [Esther 2:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/2/15) — Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the…
- [Esther 2:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/2/21) — In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king’s gate, two of the king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, wer…
- [Esther 4:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/4/4) — So Esther’s maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordeca…
- [Esther 4:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/4/5) — Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king’s chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mord…
- [Esther 6:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/6/2) — And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sough…
- [Esther 6:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/6/14) — And while they were yet talking with him, came the king’s chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.
- [Esther 7:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/7/9) — And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai,…
- [Isaiah 39:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/39/7) — And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the ki…
- [Isaiah 56:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/56/3) — Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his peopl…
- [Isaiah 56:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/56/4) — For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
- [Jeremiah 29:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/29/2) — (After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were…
- [Jeremiah 34:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/34/19) — The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed between the…
- [Jeremiah 38:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/38/7) — Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the k…
- [Jeremiah 41:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/41/16) — Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recov…
- [Jeremiah 52:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/52/25) — He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king’s person, whi…
- [Daniel 1:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/1/3) — 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,…
- [Daniel 1:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/1/7) — Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mish…
- [Daniel 1:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/1/8) — But 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: th…
- [Daniel 1:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/1/9) — Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.
- [Daniel 1:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/1/10) — And 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…
- [Daniel 1:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/1/11) — Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
- [Daniel 1:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/1/18) — Now 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 Nebuchadne…