eunouchos <2135>
eunoucov eunouchos
| Pronunciation: | yoo-noo'-khos |
| Origin: | from eune (a bed) and 2192 |
| Reference: | TDNT - 2:765,277 |
| PrtSpch: | n m |
| In Greek: | eunoucoi 3, eunoucov 5 |
| In NET: | eunuch 5, made eunuchs 1, some eunuchs 1 |
| In AV: | eunuch 8 |
| Count: | 8 |
| Definition: | 1) a bed keeper, bed guard, superintendent of the bedchamber, chamberlain 1a) in the palace of oriental monarchs who support numerous wives the superintendent of the women's apartment or harem, an office held by eunuchs 1b) an emasculated man, a eunuch 1b1) eunuchs in oriental courts held by other offices of greater, held by the Ethiopian eunuch mentioned in Ac 8:27-39. 1c) one naturally incapacitated 1c1) for marriage 1c2) begetting children 1d) one who voluntarily abstains from marriage from eune (a bed) and 2192; a castrated person (such being employed in Oriental bed-chambers); by extension an impotent or unmarried man; by implication, a chamberlain (state-officer):-eunuch. see GREEK for 2192 |
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