Definition

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

Etymology

or סָרִס; from an unused root meaning to castrate;

Where the KJV renders it

• chamberlain
• eunuch
• officer. Compare H7249 (רַב־סָרִיס)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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