Strong's Concordance
Original word: סָרִיס
Transliteration: saris
Definition (short): officials
Definition (full): a eunuch, valet, a minister of state
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: probably of foreign origin
Definition: eunuch
NASB Translation: court officers (1), court officials (1), eunuch (5), eunuchs (10), officer (5), officers (1), official (3), officials (16).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Or caric {saw-reece'}; from an unused root meaning to castrate; a eunuch; by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state -- chamberlain, eunuch, officer. Compare Rab-Cariyc.
see HEBREW Rab-Cariyc
References
KJV:
And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.
NASB:
Meanwhile, the Midianites sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, Pharaoh's officer, the captain of the bodyguard.
KJV:
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.
NASB:
Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an Egyptian officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the bodyguard, bought him from the Ishmaelites, who had taken him down there.
KJV:
And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
NASB:
Pharaoh was furious with his two officials, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.