Reference: Rab-saris
American
An officer sent with Rabshakeh and Tartan, to summon Hezekiah, 2Ki 18:17; Jer 39:3. It signifies "the chief of the eunuchs." Such officers, high in honor and in trust, are found on the mural tablets of Nineveh so wonderfully preserved to this day; and in the Ottoman Porte of our own times the Kislar Aga, or chief of the black eunuchs, is one of the highest dignitaries. See SHALMANEZER.
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Hastings
1. The title of an Assyrian official who was sent by Sennacherib to Hezekiah to demand the surrender of Jerusalem (2Ki 18:17). 2. The title borne by two Babylonian officials, one of whom is recorded to have been present at the capture of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, while the other is mentioned among the officials who ordered the release of Jeremiah after the capture of the city (Jer 39:3,13). Rabsaris is the transcription, both in Heb. and Aramaic, of the Assyrian and Babylonian title rab