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Lexicon :: Strong's G2135 - eunouchos

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εὐνοῦχος
Transliteration
eunouchos (Key)
Pronunciation
yoo-noo'-khos
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From eune (a bed) and ἔχω (G2192)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:765,277

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).

  1. 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)
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.
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 19:12b. 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 Eunuch].
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 lexx. N. T. etc., p. 485ff treats of the word more fully.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2135 matches the Greek εὐνοῦχος (eunouchos),
which occurs 31 times in 31 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:1 - Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt. An Egyptian named Potiphar, an official of Pharaoh and the captain of the guard, purchased him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:2 - Pharaoh was enraged with his two officials, the cupbearer and the baker,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:7 - So he asked Pharaoh's officials, who were with him in custody in his master's house, "Why do you look so sad today?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:15 - He will demand a tenth of your seed and of the produce of your vineyards and give it to his administrators and his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:9 - The king of Israel summoned an official and said, "Quickly bring Micaiah son of Imlah."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:6 - The king asked the woman about it, and she gave him the details. The king assigned a eunuch to take care of her request and ordered him, "Give her back everything she owns, as well as the amount of crops her field produced from the day she left the land until now."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:32 - He looked up at the window and said, "Who is on my side? Who?" Two or three eunuchs looked down at him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:18 - 'Some of your very own descendants whom you father will be taken away and will be made eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:11 - He removed from the entrance to the LORD's temple the statues of horses that the kings of Judah had placed there in honor of the sun god. (They were kept near the room of Nathan Melech the eunuch, which was situated among the courtyards.) He burned up the chariots devoted to the sun god.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:12 - King Jehoiachin of Judah, along with his mother, his servants, his officials, and his eunuchs surrendered to the king of Babylon. The king of Babylon, in the eighth year of his reign, took Jehoiachin prisoner.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:15 - He deported Jehoiachin from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with the king's mother and wives, his eunuchs, and the high-ranking officials of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:19 - From the city he took a eunuch who was in charge of the soldiers, five of the king's advisers who were discovered in the city, an official army secretary who drafted citizens for military service, and sixty citizens from the people of the land who were discovered in the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:8 - The king of Israel summoned an officer and said, "Quickly bring Micaiah son of Imlah."

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:10 - On the seventh day, as King Ahasuerus was feeling the effects of the wine, he ordered Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven eunuchs who attended him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:12 - But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's bidding conveyed through the eunuchs. Then the king became extremely angry, and his rage consumed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:15 - The king asked, "By law, what should be done to Queen Vashti in light of the fact that she has not obeyed the instructions of King Ahasuerus conveyed through the eunuchs?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3 - And let the king appoint officers throughout all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the attractive young women to Susa the citadel, to the harem under the authority of Hegai, the king's eunuch who oversees the women, and let him provide whatever cosmetics they desire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:14 - In the evening she went, and in the morning she returned to a separate part of the harem, to the authority of Shaashgaz the king's eunuch who was overseeing the concubines. She would not go back to the king unless the king was pleased with her and she was requested by name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:15 - When it became the turn of Esther daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai (who had raised her as if she were his own daughter) to go to the king, she did not request anything except what Hegai the king's eunuch, who was overseer of the women, had recommended. Yet Esther met with the approval of all who saw her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:21 - In those days while Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs who protected the entrance, became angry and plotted to assassinate King Ahasuerus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:23 - The king then had the matter investigated and, finding it to be so, had the two conspirators hanged on a gallows. It was then recorded in the daily chronicles in the king's presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:4 - When Esther's female attendants and her eunuchs came and informed her about Mordecai's behavior, the queen was overcome with anguish. Although she sent garments for Mordecai to put on so that he could remove his sackcloth, he would not accept them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:5 - So Esther called for Hathach, one of the king's eunuchs who had been placed at her service, and instructed him to find out the cause and reason for Mordecai's behavior.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:2 - it was found written that Mordecai had disclosed that Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs who guarded the entrance, had plotted to assassinate King Ahasuerus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:14 - While they were still speaking with him, the king's eunuchs arrived. They quickly brought Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:9 - Harbona, one of the king's eunuchs, said, "Indeed, there is the gallows that Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke out in the king's behalf. It stands near Haman's home and is seventy-five feet high." The king said, "Hang him on it!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:3 - No foreigner who becomes a follower of the LORD should say, 'The LORD will certainly exclude me from his people.' The eunuch should not say, 'Look, I am like a dried-up tree.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:4 - For this is what the LORD says: "For the eunuchs who observe my Sabbaths and choose what pleases me and are faithful to my covenant,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:2 - He sent it after King Jeconiah, the queen mother, the palace officials, the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metal workers had been exiled from Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:16 - Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers who were with him led off all the people who had been left alive at Mizpah. They had rescued them from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after he killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam. They led off the men, women, children, soldiers, and court officials whom they had brought away from Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:25 - From the city he took an official who was in charge of the soldiers, seven of the king's advisers who were discovered in the city, an official army secretary who drafted citizens for military service, and sixty citizens who were discovered in the middle of the city.
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