Rab-Çârîyç — H7249

Definition

masculine proper noun

Rab-Saris, a Babylonian official

1. chief eunuch
1. Rab-saris, chief eunuch, a high ranking Babylonian official

Usually translated as

Rab-saris

Origin

from H7227 and a foreign word for a eunuch; chief chamberlain

• Derived from Rab (H7227)

Occurrences

Rab-Çârîyç occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (1), Jeremiah (2)

• 2 Kings 18:17 — And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris (רַב) 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.
• Jeremiah 39:3 — And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, Rab-saris (רַב), Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon.
• Jeremiah 39:13 — So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rab-saris (רַב), and Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, and all the king of Babylon’s princes;