Rab-saris — the meaning of the Hebrew name רַב־סָרִיס
רַב־סָרִיס
Rab-saris means chief chamberlain.
Built from
רַב rab — abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality) open in the lexicon ›
Strong's definition
from H7227 and a foreign word for a eunuch; chief chamberlain; Rab-Saris, a Babylonian official.
First appearance
2Kgs 18:17 And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab–shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.
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