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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εὐνοῦχος G2135
Pronunciation eunoûchos
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 It eunuch 5× Acts 8:27, Acts 8:34, Acts 8:36, Acts 8:38
[others] 1× Matthew 19:12
[still others] 1× Matthew 19:12
eunuchs 1× Matthew 19:12
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Matthew 19:12 εὐνοῦχοι to eunuchs Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Matthew 19:12 εὐνοῦχοι to [others] Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Matthew 19:12 εὐνοῦχοι to [still others] Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Acts 8:27 εὐνοῦχος to eunuch Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Acts 8:34 εὐνοῦχος to eunuch Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Acts 8:36 εὐνοῦχος to eunuch Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Acts 8:38 εὐνοῦχος to eunuch Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Acts 8:39 εὐνοῦχος to eunuch Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 19:12
Aligned rows 8
Books represented 2
Matthew 3 Acts 5
Source forms
εὐνοῦχος 5x eunouchos Acts 8:27, Acts 8:34, Acts 8:36, Acts 8:38
εὐνοῦχοι 3x eunouchoi Matthew 19:12
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 5x Acts 8:27, Acts 8:34, Acts 8:36, Acts 8:38
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural 3x Matthew 19:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Man emasculated or naturally incapacitated for marriage; includes court officials and those abstaining voluntarily from wedlock.
Strong's G2135
Lexical occurrences 8 verses Greek text appearances 8 times Word forms 2 forms 8 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Isaiah 56:3-8 Source Gloss
eunuch
Extended definition Source: 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 corpus Greek 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 19:12 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
εὐνοῦχοι, eunoucoi
a eunuch, keeper of the bed-chamber
Read verse Matthew 19:12 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
εὐνοῦχοι, eunoucoi
a eunuch, keeper of the bed-chamber
Read verse Matthew 19:12 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
εὐνοῦχοι, eunoucoi
a eunuch, keeper of the bed-chamber
Read verse Acts 8:27 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
εὐνοῦχος eunoucov
a eunuch, keeper of the bed-chamber
Read verse Acts 8:34 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
εὐνοῦχος eunoucov
a eunuch, keeper of the bed-chamber
Read verse Acts 8:36 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
εὐνοῦχος, eunoucov
a eunuch, keeper of the bed-chamber
Read verse Acts 8:38 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
εὐνοῦχος· eunoucov
a eunuch, keeper of the bed-chamber
Read verse Acts 8:39 Noun 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 patterns 2 Aligned forms 8 Case pattern Nominative (8) Number pattern Singular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Acts 8:27 · Acts 8:34 · Acts 8:36 · Acts 8:38 · Acts 8:39 5×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 19:12 3×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
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:
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain