eunouchos · eunuch

What it means

eunouchos (εὐνοῦχος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “eunuch”.

A castrated man, or one unable to father children; also a court official.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A castrated man; sometimes a high court official; or one who stays unmarried for the kingdom.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• eunuch ×5
• eunuchs ×3

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Acts×5

• Matthew 19:12

  For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who is able to accept this, let him accept it.”

• Acts 8:27

  And he got up and went. And look, an Ethiopian man, a eunuch, an official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasury, who had come to Jerusalem to worship,

• Acts 8:34

  And the eunuch answered Philip and said, “I ask you, about whom does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?”

• Acts 8:36

  And as they were going along the road, they came to some water; and the eunuch says, “Look, water! What prevents me from being immersed?”

• Acts 8:38

  And he ordered the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he immersed him.

• Acts 8:39

  And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched away Philip, and the eunuch did not see him anymore, for he went on his way rejoicing.

And 2 more times.