What does εὐνοῦχος (eunoûchos) mean in the Bible?
εὐνοῦχος (eunoûchos): Man emasculated or naturally incapacitated for marriage; includes court officials and those abstaining voluntarily from wedlock.
Greek · G2135
εὐνοῦχος
Eunuch
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εὐνοῦχοςG2135
Pronunciationeunoûchos
What does εὐνοῦχος (eunoûchos) mean in the Bible?
εὐνοῦχος (eunoûchos): Man emasculated or naturally incapacitated for marriage; includes court officials and those abstaining voluntarily from wedlock.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2135?
The BSB source-word alignment has 8 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include eunuch (5), [others] (1), [still others] (1), eunuchs (1).
Where does εὐνοῦχος (eunoûchos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 19:12. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (5), Matthew (3).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Iteunuch5×Acts 8:27, Acts 8:34, Acts 8:36, Acts 8:38
[others]1×Matthew 19:12
[still others]1×Matthew 19:12
eunuchs1×Matthew 19:12
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Matthew 19:12εὐνοῦχοιtoeunuchsNoun - Nominative Masculine PluralMatthew 19:12εὐνοῦχοιto[others]Noun - Nominative Masculine PluralMatthew 19:12εὐνοῦχοιto[still others]Noun - Nominative Masculine PluralActs 8:27εὐνοῦχοςtoeunuchNoun - Nominative Masculine SingularActs 8:34εὐνοῦχοςtoeunuchNoun - Nominative Masculine SingularActs 8:36εὐνοῦχοςtoeunuchNoun - Nominative Masculine SingularActs 8:38εὐνοῦχοςtoeunuchNoun - Nominative Masculine SingularActs 8:39εὐνοῦχοςtoeunuchNoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 19:12
Aligned rows8
Books represented2
Matthew3Acts5
Source forms
εὐνοῦχος5xeunouchosActs 8:27, Acts 8:34, Acts 8:36, Acts 8:38
εὐνοῦχοι3xeunouchoiMatthew 19:12
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular5xActs 8:27, Acts 8:34, Acts 8:36, Acts 8:38
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural3xMatthew 19:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Man emasculated or naturally incapacitated for marriage; includes court officials and those abstaining voluntarily from wedlock.
Strong'sG2135
Lexical occurrences8 versesGreek text appearances8 timesWord forms2 forms8 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkIsaiah 56:3-8Source Gloss
eunuch
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Man emasculated or naturally incapacitated for marriage; includes court officials and those abstaining voluntarily from wedlock.
(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.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
8 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 19:12Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
εὐνοῦχοι,eunoucoi
a eunuch, keeper of the bed-chamber
Read verseMatthew 19:12Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
εὐνοῦχοι,eunoucoi
a eunuch, keeper of the bed-chamber
Read verseMatthew 19:12Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
εὐνοῦχοι,eunoucoi
a eunuch, keeper of the bed-chamber
Read verseActs 8:27Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
εὐνοῦχοςeunoucov
a eunuch, keeper of the bed-chamber
Read verseActs 8:34Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
εὐνοῦχοςeunoucov
a eunuch, keeper of the bed-chamber
Read verseActs 8:36Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
εὐνοῦχος,eunoucov
a eunuch, keeper of the bed-chamber
Read verseActs 8:38Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
εὐνοῦχος·eunoucov
a eunuch, keeper of the bed-chamber
Read verseActs 8:39Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
εὐνοῦχος,eunoucov
a eunuch, keeper of the bed-chamber
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms8Case patternNominative (8)Number patternSingular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · MasculineActs 8:27 · Acts 8:34 · Acts 8:36 · Acts 8:38 · Acts 8:395×
Nominative · Plural · MasculineMatt 19:123×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
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Biblical Witnesses
Literal eunuchs excluded from temple worship, promised inclusion in God's covenant
Court official of high rank holding administrative position in royal household
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 8 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
εὐνοῦχος is built from this root:
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