Chamberlain - Biblical Meaning of chamberlain in Eastons Bible Dictionary (Bible History Online)

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Chamberlain
a confidential servant of the king (Gen. 37:36; 39:1). In Rom. 16:23 mention is made of "Erastus the chamberlain." Here the word denotes the treasurer of the city, or the quaestor, as the Romans styled him. He is almost the only convert from the higher ranks of whom mention is made (compare Acts 17:34). Blastus, Herod's "chamberlain" (Acts 12:20), was his personal attendant or valet-de-chambre. The Hebrew word "saris", thus translated in Esther 1:10, 15; 2:3, 14, 21, etc., properly means an eunuch (as in the marg.), as it is rendered in Isa. 39:7; 56:3. Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. M.A., D.D., "Biblical Meaning for 'chamberlain' Eastons Bible Dictionary".
bible-history.com - Eastons; 1897.

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