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Strong's G2135 εὐνοῦχος (eunouchos)

Eunouchos means “eunuch” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2135 — zakah (“be translucent”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2135
Language Greek
Linked Usages 41
Books 13

Strong's G2135 Quick Answer

Strong's G2135 εὐνοῦχος (eunouchos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. eunouchos (yoo-nou`-khos) n. 1. a castrated person (such being employed in Oriental bed-chambers) 2. (by extension) an impotent or unmarried man It has 41 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include were, are, and is. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
eunouchos (yoo-nou`-khos) n. 1. a castrated person (such being employed in Oriental bed-chambers) 2. (by extension) an impotent or unmarried man
Usage
41 linked usages
Books
13 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
were, are, and is

Meaning and Definition

eunouchos (yoo-nou`-khos) n. 1. a castrated person (such being employed in Oriental bed-chambers) 2. (by extension) an impotent or unmarried man 3. (by implication) a chamberlain (state-officer) [from eune (a bed) and G2192] KJV: eunuch Root(s): G2192

Original Word
εὐνοῦχος
Transliteration
eunouchos
Derivation
Root: ἔχω R1: 2192
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2135. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

eunuch

Usage: εὐνοῦχος, -ου, ὁ (i.e. ὁ τὴν εὐνὴν(bed) ἔχων), [in LXX for סָרִיס (perhaps not of necessity an actual eunuch; DB, see word), Gen.39:1, al., Wis.3:14, Sir.20:4 30:20 ;] an emasculated man, a eunuch: Mat.19:12; one such holding, as was common, high office, as of chamberlain, at court, Act.8:27, 34-39; metaphorically, of one naturally incapacitated for or volun­tarily abstaining from wedlock, Mat.19:12.† (AS)

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How Strong's G2135 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render eunouchos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

How Strong's G2135 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 31 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2135 (εὐνοῦχος) appears 35 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2135 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2135 in the New Testament

6 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 19:12 KJV

For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

Acts 8:27 KJV

And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,

Acts 8:34 KJV

And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?

Strong's G2135 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

31 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 39:1 Septuagint / Brenton

And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar the eunuch of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmaelites, who brought him down thither.

Genesis 40:2 Septuagint / Brenton

And Pharaoh was wroth with his two eunuchs, with his chief cupbearer, and with his chief baker.

Genesis 40:7 Septuagint / Brenton

And he asked the eunuchs of Pharaoh who were with him in the prison with his master, saying, Why is it that your countenances are sad today?

Strong's G2135 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

4 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 12:11 Septuagint / Brenton

Then said he to Bagoas the eunuch, who had charge over all that he had, Go now, and persuade this Hebrew woman which is with thee, that she come unto us, and eat and drink with us.

Wisdom of Solomon 3:14 Septuagint / Brenton

And blessed is the eunuch, which with his hands hath wrought no iniquity, Nor imagined wicked things against God: For unto him shall be given the special gift of faith, And an inheritance in the temple of the Lord more acceptable to his mind.

Wisdom of Sirach 20:4 Septuagint / Brenton

As is the lust of a eunuch to deflower a virgin; So is he that executeth judgment with violence.

Usage Excerpts

First 41 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2135.

Genesis 39:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar the eunuch of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmaelites, who brought him down thither.
Genesis 40:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Pharaoh was wroth with his two eunuchs, with his chief cupbearer, and with his chief baker.
Genesis 40:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he asked the eunuchs of Pharaoh who were with him in the prison with his master, saying, Why is it that your countenances are sad today?
1 Kingdoms 8:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he will take the tithe of your seeds and your vineyards, and give it to his eunuchs, and to his servants.
3 Kingdoms 22:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king of Israel called a eunuch and said, Bring hither quickly Micaiah son of Imlah.
4 Kingdoms 8:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king asked the woman, and she told him: and the king appointed her a eunuch, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field from the day that she left the land until now.
4 Kingdoms 9:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he lifted up his face toward the window, and saw her, and said, Who art thou? Come down with me. And two eunuchs looked down toward him.
4 Kingdoms 20:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And as for thy sons which shall come forth of thee, which thou shalt beget, the enemy shall take them, and they shall be eunuchs in the house of the king of Babylon.
4 Kingdoms 23:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he burned the horses which the kings of Judah had given to the sun in the entrance of the house of the Lord, by the treasury of Nathan the king’s eunuch, in the suburbs; and he burned the chariot of the sun with fire.
4 Kingdoms 24:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jehoiachin king of Judah came forth to the king of Babylon, he and his servants, and his mother, and his princes, and his eunuchs; and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
4 Kingdoms 24:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he carried Jehoiachin away to Babylon, and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his eunuchs: and he carried away the mighty men of the land into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
4 Kingdoms 25:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they took out of the city one eunuch who was commander of the men of war, and five men that saw the face of the king, that were found in the city, and the secretary of the commander-in-chief, who took account of the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land that were found in the city.
2 Chronicles 18:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king called a eunuch, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imlah.
Esther 1:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,
Esther 1:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
Esther 1:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?
Esther 2:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And let the king appoint local governors in all the provinces of his kingdom, and let them select fair and chaste young damsels and bring them to the city Susa, into the women’s apartment, and let them be consigned to the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women; and let things for purification and other attendance be given to them.
Esther 2:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
She enters in the evening, and in the morning she departs to the second women’s apartment, where Hegai the king’s chamberlain is keeper of the women: and she goes not in to the king again, unless she should be called by name.
Esther 2:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the time was fulfilled for Esther the daughter of Amminadab the brother of Mordecai’s father to go in to the king, she neglected nothing which the chamberlain, the women’s keeper, commanded; for Esther found grace in the sight of all that looked upon her.
Esther 2:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And two chamberlains of the king, the chiefs of the bodyguard, were grieved, because Mordecai was promoted; and they sought to kill King Artaxerxes.
Esther 2:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king examined the two chamberlains, and hanged them: and the king gave orders to make a note for a memorial in the royal records of the good offices of Mordecai, as a commendation.
Esther 4:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the queen’s maids and chamberlains went in and told her: and when she had heard what was done, she was disturbed; and she sent to clothe Mordecai, and take away his sackcloth: but he consented not.
Esther 4:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So Esther called for her chamberlain Hathach, who waited upon her; and she sent to learn the truth from Mordecai.
Esther 6:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he found the records written concerning Mordecai, how he had told the king concerning the two chamberlains of the king, when they were keeping guard, and sought to lay hands on Artaxerxes.
Esther 6:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
While they were yet speaking, the chamberlains arrived, to hasten Haman to the banquet which Esther had prepared.
Esther 7:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Bugathan, one of the chamberlains, said to the king, Behold, Haman has also prepared a gallows for Mordecai, who spoke concerning the king, and a gallows of fifty cubits high has been set up in the premises of Haman. And the king said, Let him be hanged thereon.
Isaiah 56:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let not the stranger who attaches himself to the Lord, say, Surely the Lord will separate me from his people: and let not the eunuch say, I am a dry tree.
Isaiah 56:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord to the eunuchs, as many as shall keep my Sabbaths, and choose the things which I take pleasure in, and take hold of my covenant;
Jeremiah 36:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
(after the departure of Jechoniah the king and the queen, and the eunuchs, and every freeman, and bondman, and artificer, out of Jerusalem);
Jeremiah 48:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Johanan, and all the leaders of the host that were with him, took all the remnant of the people, whom he had brought back from Ishmael, mighty men in war, and the women, and the other property, and the eunuchs, whom they had brought back from Gibeon:
Jeremiah 52:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and one eunuch, who was over the men of war, and seven men of renown, who were in the king’s presence, that were found in the city; and the scribe of the forces, who did the part of a scribe to the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the midst of the city.
Matthew 19:12 New Testament, KJV
For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
Acts 8:27 New Testament, KJV
And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,
Acts 8:34 New Testament, KJV
And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?
Acts 8:36 New Testament, KJV
And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
Acts 8:38 New Testament, KJV
And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
Acts 8:39 New Testament, KJV
And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.
Judith 12:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then said he to Bagoas the eunuch, who had charge over all that he had, Go now, and persuade this Hebrew woman which is with thee, that she come unto us, and eat and drink with us.
Wisdom of Solomon 3:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And blessed is the eunuch, which with his hands hath wrought no iniquity, Nor imagined wicked things against God: For unto him shall be given the special gift of faith, And an inheritance in the temple of the Lord more acceptable to his mind.
Wisdom of Sirach 20:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
As is the lust of a eunuch to deflower a virgin; So is he that executeth judgment with violence.
Wisdom of Sirach 30:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
As a eunuch that embraceth a virgin and sigheth.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2135, grouped by book.

Genesis 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 13 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Acts 5 usages, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G2135 FAQ

What does eunouchos (εὐνοῦχος) mean?

Eunouchos (Strong's G2135) is a Greek word most simply glossed "eunuch". eunouchos (yoo-nou`-khos) n. 1. a castrated person (such being employed in Oriental bed-chambers) 2. (by extension) an impotent or unmarried man

How many times is eunouchos (εὐνοῦχος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 41 linked usages for Strong's G2135 across 13 books.

Where can I study eunouchos (εὐνοῦχος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2135 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate eunouchos (εὐνοῦχος)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as were, are, and is. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2135 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 31 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 4 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2135, with linked reader references where each row is available.