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Lexicon :: Strong's G2135 - eunouchos

Aa
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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:1 - And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Petephres the eunuch of Pharao, the [fn]captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ismaelites, who brought him down thither.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:2 - And Pharao was wroth with his two eunuchs, with his chief cupbearer, and with his chief baker.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:7 - And he asked the eunuchs of Pharao who were with him in the prison with his master, saying, Why is it that your countenances are sad to-day?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:15 - And he will take the tithe of your seeds and your vineyards, and give it to his eunuchs, and to his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:9 - And the king of Israel called a eunuch and said, Bring hither quickly Michaias son of Jemblaa.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:6 - And the king asked the woman, and she told him: and the king appointed her a eunuch, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field from the day that she left the land until now.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:32 - And he lifted up his face toward the window, and saw her, and said, Who art thou? Come down with me. And two eunuchs looked down towards him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:18 - And as for thy sons which shall come forth of thee, which thou shalt beget, the enemy shall take them, and they shall be eunuchs in the house of the king of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:11 - And he burned the horses which the kings of Juda had given to the sun in the entrance of the house of the Lord, [fn]by the treasury of Nathan the [fn]king's eunuch, in the [fn]suburbs; and he burned the chariot of the sun with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:12 - And Joachim king of Juda came forth to the king of Babylon, he and his servants, and his mother, and his princes, and his eunuchs; and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:15 - And he carried Joachim away to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his eunuchs: and he carried away the mighty men of the land into [fn]captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:19 - And they took out of the city one eunuch who was commander of the men of war, and five men that saw the face of the king, that were found in the city, and the secretary of the commander-in-chief, who took account of the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land that were found in the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:8 - And the king called an eunuch, and said, Fetch quickly Michaias the son of Jembla.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:10 - Now on the seventh day the king, being merry, told Aman, and Bazan, and Tharrha, and Barazi, and Zatholtha, and Abataza, and Tharaba, the seven chamberlains, servants of king Artaxerxes,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:12 - But queen Astin hearkened not to him to come with the chamberlains: so the king was grieved and angered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:15 - and reported to him according to the laws how it was proper to do to queen Astin, because she had not done the things commanded of the king by the chamberlains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3 - And let the king appoint local governors in all the provinces of his kingdom, and let them select fair and chaste young damsels and bring them to the city Susa, into the women's apartment, and let them be consigned to the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women; and let things for purification and other attendance be given to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:14 - She enters in the evening, and in the morning she departs to the second women's apartment, where Gai the king's chamberlain is keeper of the women: and she goes not in to the king again, unless she should be called by name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:15 - And when the time was fulfilled for Esther the daughter of Aminadab the brother of Mardochæus' father to go in to the king, she neglected nothing which the chamberlain, the women's keeper, commanded; for Esther found grace in the sight of all that looked upon her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:21 - And two chamberlains of the king, the chiefs of the body-guard, were grieved, because Mardochæus was promoted; and they sought to kill king Artaxerxes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:23 - And the king examined the two chamberlains, and hanged them: and the king gave orders to make a note for a memorial in the royal records of the good offices of Mardochæus, as a commendation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:4 - And the queen's maids and chamberlains went in and told her: and when she had heard what was done, she was disturbed; and she sent to clothe Mardochæus, and take away his sackcloth; but he consented not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:5 - So Esther called for her chamberlain Achrathæus, who waited upon her; and she sent to learn the truth from Mardochæus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:2 - And he found the records written concerning Mardochæus, how he had told the king concerning the two chamberlains of the king, when they were keeping guard, and sought to lay hands on Artaxerxes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:14 - While they were yet speaking, the chamberlains arrived, to hasten Aman to the banquet which Esther had prepared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:9 - And Bugathan, one of the chamberlains, said to the king, Behold, Aman has also prepared a gallows for Mardochæus, who spoke concerning the king, and a gallows of fifty cubits high has been set up in the premises of Aman. And the king said, Let him be hanged thereon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:3 - Let not the stranger who attaches himself to the Lord, say, Surely the Lord will separate me from his people: and let not the eunuch say, I am a dry tree.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:4 - Thus saith the Lord to the eunuchs, as many as shall keep my sabbaths, and choose the things which I take pleasure in, and take hold of my covenant;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:2 - (LXX 36:2) (after the departure of Jechonias the king and the queen, and the eunuchs, and every freeman, and bondman, and artificer, out of Jerusalem;)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:16 - (LXX 48:16) And Joanan, and all the leaders of the host that were with him, took all the remnant of the people, whom he had brought back from Ismael, mighty men in war, and the women, and the other property, and the eunuchs, whom they had brought back from Gabaon:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:25 - and one eunuch, who was over the men of war, and seven men of renown, who were in the king's presence, that were found in the city; and the scribe of the forces, who did the part of a scribe to the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the midst of the city.
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