Lexicon :: Strong's G2135 - eunouchos

εὐνοῦχος

Transliteration

eunouchos (Key)

Pronunciation

yoo-noo'-khos

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From eune (a bed) and ἔχω (G2192)

Greek Inflections of εὐνοῦχος [?]

mGNT
8x in 2 unique form(s) TR
8x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
31x in 8 unique form(s)

εὐνοῦχοι — 3x

εὐνοῦχος — 5x

εὐνοῦχοι — 3x

εὐνοῦχος — 5x

εὐνοῦχοι — 6x

εὐνούχοις — 4x

εὐνοῦχον — 6x

εὐνοῦχος — 4x

εὐνούχου — 1x

εὐνούχους — 4x

εὐνούχῳ — 1x

εὐνούχων — 5x

Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:765,277

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

εὐνοῦχος eunoûchos, yoo-noo'-khos; from εὐνή eunḗ (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.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's G2135 in the following manner: eunuch (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's G2135 in the following manner: eunuch (8x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

a bed keeper, bed guard, superintendent of the bedchamber, chamberlain
1. in the palace of oriental monarchs who support numerous wives the superintendent of the women's apartment or harem, an office held by eunuchs
2. an emasculated man, a eunuch
  1. eunuchs in oriental courts held by other offices of greater, held by the Ethiopian eunuch mentioned in Ac. 8:27-39.
3. one naturally incapacitated
  1. for marriage
  2. begetting children
4. one who voluntarily abstains from marriage

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

Thayer's Greek Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS G2135:

εὐνοῦχος, -ου, ὁ, (from εὐνή a bed, and ἔχω), 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 19:12^b. 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 Eunuch].
b. one naturally incapacitated — either for marriage, Matthew 19:12^a; or for begetting children, Wis. 3:14, cf. Grimm, exgt. Hdb. at the passage.
c. one who voluntarily abstains from marriage: Matthew 19:12^c. Fischer, De vitiis lexx. N. T. etc., p. 485ff treats of the word more fully.

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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew: 19:12; 19:12; 19:12
Acts: 8:27; 8:34; 8:36; 8:38

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number G2135 matches the Greek εὐνοῦχος (eunouchos),
which occurs 8 times in 6 verses in the TR Greek.

View OT results in the LXX Greek concordance

View NT results in the MGNT Greek concordance

Mat 19:12

Mat 19:12 - For there are some eunuchs,^G2135 which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs,^G2135 which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs,^G2135 which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

Act 8:27

Act 8:27 - And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch^G2135 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,

Act 8:34

Act 8:34 - And the eunuch^G2135 answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?

Act 8:36

Act 8:36 - And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch^G2135 said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?

Act 8:38

Act 8:38 - And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch;^G2135 and he baptized him.

Act 8:39

Act 8:39 - And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch^G2135 saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.