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Rabsaris Scripture - Jeremiah 39:13

So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon's princes;...

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Rabsaris in Wikipedia

Rabsaris (Hebrew: רַב-סָרִיס, Modern {{{2}}} Tiberian {{{3}}}), possibly means "Chief of officers," is the name or title of two individuals mentioned in the Bible. Rabasaris (in the D-R and the Vulgate; Greek: Ραφις)[1] - One of the three officers whom the King of Assyria (Sennacherib) sent from Lachish with a threatening message to Jerusalem (...

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Rabsaris Scripture - Jeremiah 39:3

And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, [even] Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon....

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Rabsaris Scripture - 2 Kings 18:17

And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh 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....

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Rabsaris in Hitchcock's Bible Names

chief of the eunuchs...

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Rabsaris in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

rab'-sa-ris (rabh-caric): As with Rab-mag, which is not regarded as a name, but a title, so this is to be regarded as a descriptive title for the person whose name precedes it (see RAB-MAG). The first part, rabh, signifies "great" or "chief," the second, caric, is the title for eunuch or chamberlain. The translation then would be chief eunuch ...

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Rabsaris in Naves Topical Bible

-1. A title of an Assyrian officer See RAB-SHAKEH (RABSHAKEH) See TARTAN Sent by Sennacherib against Jerusalem 2Ki 18:17 -2. An Assyrian prince during the time of Nebuchadnezzar, or, possibly, a second name given to Nebushazban (also spelled NEBO-SARSEKIM or SARSEKIM, N. I. V.) Jer 39:3,13...

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Rabsaris in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(chief of the eunuchs). 1. An officer of the king of Assyria sent up with Tartan and Rabshakeh against Jerusalem in the time of Hezekiah. 2Ki 18:17 (B.C. 713.) 2. One of the princes of Nebuchadnezzar, who was present at the capture of Jerusalem, B.C. 588. Jer 39:3,13 Rabsaris is probably rather the name of an office than of an individual....

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Rabsaris in Easton's Bible Dictionary

chief of the Heads, one of the three officers whom Sennacherib sent from Lachish with a threatening message to Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:17; Jer. 39:3, 13)....

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Rabsaris in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Sent by Sennacherib with Tartan and Rabshakeh against Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:17). ("chief eunuch"), often a minister of state or a commander in expeditions (margin, 2 Kings 25:19). 2. One of Nebuchadnezzar's princes at the taking of Jerusalem under Zedekiah (Jeremiah 39:3; Jeremiah 39:13); probably a title of Nebushasban, i.e. worshipper o...

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