Strong H5631סָרִיס

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In the Bible

Strong H5631 appears in 42 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

• eunuch17
• chamberlain13
• officer12

First verses

1. Genesis 37:36
   And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard.
2. Genesis 39:1
   And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.
3. Genesis 40:2
   And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
4. Genesis 40:7
   And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in the ward of his lord’s house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?
5. 1 Samuel 8:15
   And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
6. 1 Kings 22:9
   Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah.
7. 2 Kings 8:6
   And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.
8. 2 Kings 9:32
   And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.
9. 2 Kings 20:18
   And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
10. 2 Kings 23:11
    And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the Lord, by the chamber of Nathan–melech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
11. 2 Kings 24:12
    And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
12. 2 Kings 24:15
    And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
13. 2 Kings 25:19
    And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king’s presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city:
14. 1 Chronicles 28:1
    And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.
15. 2 Chronicles 18:8
    And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.
16. Esther 1:10
    On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,
17. Esther 1:12
    But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
18. Esther 1:15
    What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?
19. Esther 2:3
    And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king’s chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
20. Esther 2:14
    In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.

Occurrences by book

• Genesis4
• 1 Samuel1
• 1 Kings1
• 2 Kings7
• 1 Chronicles1
• 2 Chronicles1
• Esther12
• Isaiah3
• Jeremiah5
• Daniel7