Eunuch
εὐνοῦχοςStrong’s G2135eunouchos
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Eunouchos is the Greek word usually translated “eunuch” and “eunuchs”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“For 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.”
Meaning
Usually translated “eunuch” and “eunuchs”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- eunuch 4
- eunuchs 3
- a eunuch 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 5
- Matthew 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
Greek dictionary
εὐνοῦχος eunouchos · eunuch
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “eunuch” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
EU'NUCH, noun
[Gr. a bed, and to keep.]
A male of the human species castrated.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.