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GreekG2135Noun (Masculine)

εὐνοῦχος

eunouchos

6Occurrences
G2135Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a castrated person (such being employed in Oriental bed-chambers); by extension an impotent or unmarried man; by implication, a chamberlain (state-officer)

from (a bed) and G2192 (ἔχω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
ἔχων), an emasculated man, a eunuch: one such holding, as was common, high office, as of chamberlain, at court; metaphorically, of one naturally incapacitated for or volun­tarily abstaining from wedlock.
LXX: for סָרִיס (perhaps not of necessity an actual eunuch; DB, ),

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

G:N-M

Full Description

Greek Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

εὐνοῦχος appears 6 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
5
Matthew
1

Key Passages

Acts 8:27BSB

So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,

Acts 8:34BSB

“Tell me,” said the eunuch, “who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?”

Acts 8:36BSB

As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?”

Acts 8:38BSB

And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

Acts 8:39BSB

When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.

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