G2135Greekeὐnoῦchos
εὐνοῦχος
a castrated person (such being employed in middle eastern bed-chambers); by extension an impotent or unmarried man; by implication, a chamberlain (state-officer)
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Total Occurrences
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Books
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Old Testament
8
New Testament
Detailed Definition
- 1a bed keeper, bed guard, superintendent of the bedchamber, chamberlain
- 2in the palace of middle eastern monarchs who support numerous wives the superintendent of the women's apartment or harem, an office held by eunuchs
- 3an emasculated man, a eunuch
- 4one naturally incapacitated
- 5one who voluntarily abstains from marriage
Etymology & Derivation
from ???? (a bed) and g2192