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Word	American Tract Society - Definition
CHAMBERLAIN	2Ki 23:11, An officer who had charge of a king's lodgings and wardrobe. In eastern courts eunuchs were generally employed in this office, Es 1:1-22,10,12,15. This title in Ro 16:23 probably denotes the steward or treasurer of the city.

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Word	Easton Dictionary - Definition
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 (comp. 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.

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Easton Dictionary - Definition

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 (comp. 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.

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Word	King James Dictionary - Definition
CHAMBERLAIN	Eunuch, or chief servant.

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