ΕΥ̓ΝΟΥΧΟΣ, εὐνουχος
EUNOUCHOS, eunouchos
Sounds Like: yoo-NOO-khos
Translations: eunuch, a eunuch, chamberlain, an officer
From the root: ΕΥ̓ΝΟΥΧΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a eunuch, a castrated man, often employed in ancient courts as a chamberlain or guardian of a harem. It can also refer to an officer of the court, regardless of whether they were literally castrated, as the term became associated with high-ranking officials in royal households. In a broader sense, it can refer to someone who has renounced marriage for the sake of the kingdom of God.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2135 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΥ̓ΝΟΥΧΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΕΥ̓ΝΟΥΧΟΙ — eunuchs, a eunuch
- ΕΥ̓ΝΟΥΧΟΙΣ — to eunuchs, for eunuchs
- ΕΥ̓ΝΟΥΧΟΝ — eunuch, a eunuch
- ΕΥ̓ΝΟΥΧΟΥ — of a eunuch, a eunuch
- ΕΥ̓ΝΟΥΧΟΥΣ — eunuchs, a eunuch
- ΕΥ̓ΝΟΥΧΩ — (to) a eunuch, (to) an eunuch
- ΕΥ̓ΝΟΥΧΩΝ — of eunuchs
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