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sārīs סָרִיס ‘eunuch’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from an unused root meaning to castrate

sārīs n, m
1) official, eunuch

Mentioned in Genesis 40:7, 39:1, 37:36, 40:2 1 Samuel 8:15 1 Kings 22:9 2 Kings 24:15, 8:6, 25:19, 9:32, 23:11, 24:12, 20:18 Isaiah 56:3, 56:4, 39:7 Jeremiah 52:25, 41:16, 29:2, 38:7, 34:19 Esther 1:10, 2:15, 7:9, 1:15, 2:21, 6:2, 2:3, 2:14, 6:14, 4:4, 4:5, 1:12 Daniel 1:10, 1:11, 1:9, 1:3, 1:18, 1:8, 1:7 1 Chronicles 28:1 2 Chronicles 18:8

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