Strong's Greek · G2135
εὐνοῦχος
eunoûchos
eunuch
Definition
a castrated person (such being employed in Oriental bed-chambers); by extension an impotent or unmarried man; by implication, a chamberlain (state-officer)
Derivation
from (a bed) and G2192 (ἔχω);
Appears 8 times in Scripture
““Tell me,” said the eunuch, “who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?””
“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,”
“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.”
“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.””
“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?””
“And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).