Rabsaris

The title of a high-ranking Assyrian and Babylonian court official, usually a eunuch and sometimes supervisor of the royal harem. A rabsaris was:

• part of the Assyrian delegation (2 Kings 18:17),

• a judge at the gate (Jeremiah 39:3),

• the official who released Jeremiah from prison (verse 13), and

• one of Nebuchadnezzar’s officials (Daniel 1:3, 7).