◄ 2135. eunouchos ►
Strong's Lexicon eunouchos: Eunuch Original Word: εὐνοῦχος Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: eunouchos Pronunciation: yoo-noo'-khos Phonetic Spelling: (yoo-noo'-khos) Definition: Eunuch Meaning: (a) a chamberlain, keeper of the bed-chamber of an eastern potentate, eunuch, (b) a eunuch, castrated person, or one who voluntarily abstains from marriage. HELPS Word-studies 2135 eunoúxos – properly, "alone in bed" (i.e. without a marriage partner) – literally, a castrated (emasculated) man; a eunuch; " 'a chamberlain, keeper of the bed-chamber' of an Eastern potentate, 'a eunuch' " (Souter); (figuratively) someone who abstains from marriage (sexual relations) to be solely devoted to God – as in Mt 19:12 where 2135 (eunoúxos) refers to someone who voluntarily chooses a life of sexual abstinence (see also LXX: Est 2:14,15; Is 56:3,4). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin from euné (a bed) and echó Definition a eunuch NASB Translation eunuch (5), eunuchs (3). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2135: εὐνοῦχος εὐνοῦχος, εὐνούχου, ὁ (from εὐνή a bed, and ἔχω), the Sept. סָרִיס; from Herodotus down; properly, a bed-keeper, bed-guard, superintendent of the bedchamber, chamberlain, in the palace of oriental monarchs who support numerous wives; the superintendent of the women's apartment or harem, an office held by eunuchs; hence, a. an emasculated man, a eunuch: Matthew 19:12b. But eunuchs in oriental courts held other offices of greater or less importance, like the oversight of the treasury, held by the Ethiopian eunuch mentioned in Acts 8:27, 34, 36, 38f; cf. Gesenius, Thesaurus, ii., p. 973; (B. D. under the word ). b. one naturally incapacitated — either for marriage, Matthew 19:12a; or for begetting children, Wis. 3:14, cf. Grimm, exgt. Hdb. at the passage c. one who voluntarily abstains from marriage: Matthew 19:12c. Fischer, De vitiis lexamples N. T. etc., p. 485ff treats of the word more fully. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance eunuch. From eune (a bed) and echo; a castrated person (such being employed in Oriental bed-chambers); by extension an impotent or unmarried man; by implication, a chamberlain (state-officer) -- eunuch. see GREEK echo Forms and Transliterations ευνουχοι ευνούχοι εὐνοῦχοι ευνούχοις ευνούχον ευνουχος ευνούχος εὐνοῦχος ευνούχου ευνούχους ευνούχω ευνούχων eunouchoi eunoûchoi eunouchos eunoûchos Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Matthew 19:12 N-NMP GRK: εἰσὶν γὰρ εὐνοῦχοι οἵτινες ἐκ NAS: For there are eunuchs who were born KJV: there are some eunuchs, which INT: there are indeed eunuchs who from [the] Matthew 19:12 N-NMP GRK: καὶ εἰσὶν εὐνοῦχοι οἵτινες εὐνουχίσθησαν NAS: womb; and there are eunuchs who KJV: there are some eunuchs, which INT: and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs Matthew 19:12 N-NMP GRK: καὶ εἰσὶν εὐνοῦχοι οἵτινες εὐνούχισαν NAS: by men; and there are [also] eunuchs who KJV: and there be eunuchs, which have made INT: and there are eunuchs who made eunuchs of Acts 8:27 N-NMS GRK: ἀνὴρ Αἰθίοψ εὐνοῦχος δυνάστης Κανδάκης NAS: and there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official KJV: of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority INT: a man an Ethiopian a eunuch one in power [under] Candace Acts 8:34 N-NMS GRK: δὲ ὁ εὐνοῦχος τῷ Φιλίππῳ NAS: The eunuch answered Philip KJV: And the eunuch answered Philip, INT: moreover the eunuch to Philip Acts 8:36 N-NMS GRK: φησιν ὁ εὐνοῦχος Ἰδοὺ ὕδωρ NAS: water; and the eunuch said, KJV: water: and the eunuch said, See, INT: says the eunuch Behold water Acts 8:38 N-NMS GRK: καὶ ὁ εὐνοῦχος καὶ ἐβάπτισεν NAS: as well as the eunuch, and he baptized KJV: Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized INT: and the eunuch and he baptized Acts 8:39 N-NMS GRK: οὐκέτι ὁ εὐνοῦχος ἐπορεύετο γὰρ NAS: away; and the eunuch no longer KJV: Philip, that the eunuch saw him INT: no longer the eunuch he went indeed Strong's Greek 2135 8 Occurrences εὐνοῦχοι — 3 Occ. εὐνοῦχος — 5 Occ.