εὐνοῦχος
eunouchosNoun (Masculine)G2135
eunuch
From: from (a bed) and G2192 (ἔχω);
Short Definition
a castrated person (such being employed in Oriental bed-chambers); by extension an impotent or unmarried man; by implication, a chamberlain (state-officer)
Full Lexicon Entry
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 Usage: for סָרִיס (perhaps not of necessity an actual eunuch; DB, ),
Grammar
Part of Speech Noun (Masculine)
Morphology G:N-M
DescriptionGreek Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
6 timesAppears 6 times in the New Testament. Top books include:
Acts
5
Matthew
1
Key Passages
- Acts 8:27
- Acts 8:34
- Acts 8:36
- Acts 8:38
- Acts 8:39
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