Strong G2135εὐνοῦχος
eunuch
- Transliteration
- eunouchos
- Pronunciation
- yoo-noo'-khos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From εὐνή eunē (a bed) and G2192; a castrated person (such being employed in Oriental bed chambers); by extension an impotent or unmarried man; by implication a chamberlain (state officer): - eunuch.
Detailed definition
εὐνοῦχος, -ου, ὁ
(i.e. ὁ τὴν εὐνὴν(bed) ἔχων), [in LXX for סָרִיס (perhaps not of necessity an actual eunuch; DB, see word), Gen.39:1, al., Wis.3:14, Sir.20:4 30:20;]
an emasculated man, a eunuch: Mat.19:12; one such holding, as was common, high office, as of chamberlain, at court, Act.8:27, 34-39; metaphorically, of one naturally incapacitated for or voluntarily abstaining from wedlock, Mat.19:12.†
(AS)
(i.e. ὁ τὴν εὐνὴν(bed) ἔχων), [in LXX for סָרִיס (perhaps not of necessity an actual eunuch; DB, see word), Gen.39:1, al., Wis.3:14, Sir.20:4 30:20;]
an emasculated man, a eunuch: Mat.19:12; one such holding, as was common, high office, as of chamberlain, at court, Act.8:27, 34-39; metaphorically, of one naturally incapacitated for or voluntarily abstaining from wedlock, Mat.19:12.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2135 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- eunuch6
First verses
- Matthew 19:12For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
- Acts 8:27And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,
- Acts 8:34And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?
- Acts 8:36And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
- Acts 8:38And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
- Acts 8:39And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
εὐνοῦχος, ὁ,
(εὐνή, ἔχω) castrated person, eunuch, employed to take charge of the women and act as chamberlain (whence the name, ὁ τὴν εὐνὴν ἔχων), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.130, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 117, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.60, etc.)]
2 of animals, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Heroicus” 1.3, Scholia Par. 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.585.)]
3 of dates, without stones, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 267:— 4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus name for θρίδαξ, Lycusap. 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 2.69e.)]
II as adjective, watching the bed, sleepless, λαμπάδες εὐνούχοισιν ὄμμασιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 789.)]
(εὐνή, ἔχω) castrated person, eunuch, employed to take charge of the women and act as chamberlain (whence the name, ὁ τὴν εὐνὴν ἔχων), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.130, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 117, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.60, etc.)]
2 of animals, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Heroicus” 1.3, Scholia Par. 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.585.)]
3 of dates, without stones, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 267:— 4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus name for θρίδαξ, Lycusap. 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 2.69e.)]
II as adjective, watching the bed, sleepless, λαμπάδες εὐνούχοισιν ὄμμασιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 789.)]