Word Study · Strong's G2135 · Greek
εὐνοῦχος
eunouchos
yoo-noo'-khos
Strong's 1890 spelling: eunoûchos
“a castrated person (such being employed in Oriental bed-chambers)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a castrated person (such being employed in Oriental bed-chambers); by extension an impotent or unmarried man; by implication, a chamberlain (state-officer)
Rendered in the KJV as
eunuch.
- 8occurrencesin the New Testament
- 2 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 8 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- εὐνοῦχοι3
- εὐνοῦχος2
- εὐνοῦχος·2
- εὐνοῦχος,1
How it is rendered · 5
- eunuchs3
- eunuch;2
- a eunuch1
- eunuch1
- eunuch,1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular5
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural3
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-NSM · 5
- N-NPM · 3
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The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Acts carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Matthew3 occurrences
- Matthew 19:12εὐνοῦχοιeunouchoinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralFor there are eunuchs who were born that way; others were made that way by men; and still others live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”here: eunuchs
- Matthew 19:12εὐνοῦχοιeunouchoinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralFor there are eunuchs who were born that way; others were made that way by men; and still others live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”here: eunuchs
- Matthew 19:12εὐνοῦχοιeunouchoinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralFor there are eunuchs who were born that way; others were made that way by men; and still others live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”here: eunuchs
Acts5 occurrences
- Acts 8:27εὐνοῦχοςeunouchosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularSo he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,here: a eunuch
- Acts 8:34εὐνοῦχοςeunouchosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular“Tell me,” said the eunuch, “who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?”here: eunuch
- Acts 8:36εὐνοῦχος·eunouchosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularAs they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?”here: eunuch;
- Acts 8:38εὐνοῦχος,eunouchosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularAnd he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.here: eunuch,
- Acts 8:39εὐνοῦχος·eunouchosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularWhen they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.here: eunuch;