Word

רַב־סָרִיס

Rab-Çârîyç · H7249 · Hebrew · proper noun · 6 occurrences

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This name belongs to 2 people

Rab-sarisleader of Babylonian army2 verses
Rabsarisleader of Assyrian army1 verse

Meanings

great one > chief, official, captain

Literally: great one; hence: someone in a position of authority at a royal court or on a ship

Examples
2 Kings 18:17 Then the king of Assyria sent Tartan, Rab-saris, and Rabshakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah with a large army to Jerusalem. So they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they went up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is on the road of the fuller’s field.
Jeremiah 39:3 Then all the officials of the king of Babylon came in and sat down at the Middle Gate: Nergal-sar-ezer, Samgar-nebu, Sar-sekim the Rab-saris, Nergal-sar-ezer the Rab-mag, and all the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon.
Jeremiah 39:13 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard sent word, along with Nebushazban the Rab-saris, Nergal-sar-ezer the Rab-mag, and all the leading officers of the king of Babylon;

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

3 occurrences in 1 groups

רַב־סָרִיסlarge 3

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

נְבוּשַׁזְבָּןNebushazban 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

שָׁלַחto send, to send away 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

3 occurrences in 1 groups

רַב־סָרִיסlarge 3

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 10 entries

Large002001001037: This domain is shared with the common word for "great, many" (רַב (rab, H7227)); it is not independently illustrated by this word's own sampled citations, which all concern the court title.
Quantity002001001046: This domain is shared with the same related word; it is not independently illustrated by this word's own sampled citations.
Frequency002001003009: This domain is shared with the same related word; it is not independently illustrated by this word's own sampled citations.
Intense002001003011: This domain is shared with the same related word; it is not independently illustrated by this word's own sampled citations.
Old002001001041: This domain is shared with the same related word; it is not independently illustrated by this word's own sampled citations.
Great002001002012: This domain is shared with the same related word; it is not independently illustrated by this word's own sampled citations.
Leaders001001003005: This domain is shared with the same related word; it is not independently illustrated by this word's own sampled citations.
Officials001001003007: The word means Rab-saris, "chief eunuch," a Babylonian and Assyrian court title, directly illustrated by Tartan, Rab-saris, and Rabshakeh sent to Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:17) and Rab-saris listed among the Babylonian officials (Jeremiah 39:3, 13).
Happen002002003003: This domain is shared with the same related word; it is not independently illustrated by this word's own sampled citations.
Soldiers001001003013: This domain is shared with the homograph meaning "archer" (רַב (rab, H7228)); the military context of Rab-saris' mission with "a large army to Jerusalem" reflects this sense in general terms (2 Kings 18:17), though not the archer sense itself.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7249. Rab -saris

H7249. Rab
-saris

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0