{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H5631",
  "lemma": "סָרִיס",
  "transliteration": "çârîyç",
  "definition": "a eunuch; by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state",
  "kjv": "chamberlain, eunuch, officer. Compare H7249 (רַב־סָרִיס).",
  "occurrences": 42,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "סָרִיס 45 n.m. eunuch"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 37:36",
      "text": "The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/37?v=36"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 39:1",
      "text": "Joseph was brought down to Egypt. Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/39?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 40:2",
      "text": "Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cup bearer and the chief baker.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/40?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 40:7",
      "text": "He asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in custody in his master’s house, saying, “Why do you look so sad today?”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/40?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 8:15",
      "text": "He will take one tenth of your seed and of your vineyards, and give it to his officers and to his servants.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/8?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 22:9",
      "text": "Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, “Quickly get Micaiah the son of Imlah.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/22?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 8:6",
      "text": "When the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed to her a certain officer, saying, “Restore all that…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/8?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 9:32",
      "text": "He lifted up his face to the window, and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked out at him.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/9?v=32"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 20:18",
      "text": "‘They will take away some of your sons who will issue from you, whom you will father; and they will be eunuchs in the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/20?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 23:11",
      "text": "He took away the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun, at the entrance of the LORD’s house, by the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/23?v=11"
    }
  ],
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