noun · masculine

eunouchos

Greekεὐνοῦχος (eunouchos)

Strong’sG2135

a eunuch, keeper of the bed-chamber

stem eunouch-8 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

eunuch5×eunuchs3×

What it means

εὐνοῦχος, -ου, ὁ

(i.e. ὁ τὴν εὐνὴν (bed) ἔχων), [in LXX for סָרִיס (perhaps not of necessity an actual eunuch; DB, s.v.), Ge 39:1, al., Wi 3:14, Si 20:4 30:20;]

an emasculated man, a eunuch: Mt 19:12; one such holding, as was common, high office, as of chamberlain, at court, Ac 8:27, 34, 36, 38, 39; metaph., of one naturally incapacitated for or voluntarily abstaining from wedlock, Mt 19:12.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2135 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidyoo-noo'-khos

a castrated person (such being employed in Oriental bed-chambers); by extension an impotent or unmarried man; by implication, a chamberlain (state-officer)

Fromfrom εὐνή (a bed) and G2192;

King Jameseunuch.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	eunouchos5×εὐνοῦχος	eunouchois3×εὐνοῦχοι
object accusative	eunouchon	eunouchoin
direct address vocative	eunouchor	eunouchoir
of, belonging to genitive	eunouchou	eunouchoiu
to, for dative	eunoucho	eunouchoi

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

eunouchstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

eunoucho is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

8 occurrences, every one of them listed

eunouchos“eunuch”subjectnominative singular5×

Acts 8:27“eunuch”kai anistanaratos poreuita, kai idou anēros Aithiopsos eunouchos dunastos Kandakau basilisau Aithiopsoiu, hos ate epi pantau tau gazau autau, hos erchatelē proskunaritos eis Ierousalēm,So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,

Acts 8:34“eunuch”apokriniratos de tos eunouchos to Filippo legata; Demō su, peri tinou tos profētos legatō houtem? peri heautou ē peri heterou tinou?“Tell me,” said the eunuch, “who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?”

Acts 8:36“eunuch”hōs de poreuele kata tan hodan, erchala epi tinem hudōrem, kai fēatō tos eunouchos; Idou hudōrem, tinem kōluatō min baptizira?As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?”

Acts 8:38“eunuch”kai keleuata histanara tem harmem, kai katabainala amfoterois eis tem hudōrem tos tē Filippos kai tos eunouchos, kai baptizata auton.And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

Acts 8:39“eunuch”hote de anabainala ek teu hudōreu, pneumem kuriou harpazata ton Filippon, kai ouk horata auton ouketi tos eunouchos, poreuete gar tan hodan autou chairarōtos.When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.

eunouchois“eunuchs”subjectnominative plural3×

Matthew 19:12“eunuchs”alō gar eunouchois hotinois ek koiliau mētērau gennila houtōs, kai alō eunouchois hotinois eunouchizila hupo toiu anthrōpoiu, kai alō eunouchois hotinois eunouchizala heautoin dia tan basileian toiu ouranoiu. tos dunerōtos chōrarō chōratōr.For there are eunuchs who were born that way; others were made that way by men; and still others live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”

Matthew 19:12“eunuchs”alō gar eunouchois hotinois ek koiliau mētērau gennila houtōs, kai alō eunouchois hotinois eunouchizila hupo toiu anthrōpoiu, kai alō eunouchois hotinois eunouchizala heautoin dia tan basileian toiu ouranoiu. tos dunerōtos chōrarō chōratōr.For there are eunuchs who were born that way; others were made that way by men; and still others live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”

Matthew 19:12“eunuchs”alō gar eunouchois hotinois ek koiliau mētērau gennila houtōs, kai alō eunouchois hotinois eunouchizila hupo toiu anthrōpoiu, kai alō eunouchois hotinois eunouchizala heautoin dia tan basileian toiu ouranoiu. tos dunerōtos chōrarō chōratōr.For there are eunuchs who were born that way; others were made that way by men; and still others live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”