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Rab-saris — the meaning of the Hebrew name רַב־סָרִיס

רַב־סָרִיס

Rab-Çârîyç · pronounced rab-saw-reece' · Strong's H7249 · a man

Rab-saris means chief chamberlain.

Built from

רַב rab (from, H7227) — 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. (KJV)

Every verse that names Rab-saris

3 occurrences in 3 verses — 2 Kings, Jeremiah

2Kgs 18:17Jer 39:3Jer 39:13

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