G2135
εὐνοῦχος
eunuch
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)
The KJV translates G2135 in the following manner:
eunuch (10x), eunuchs (6x)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
εὐνοῦχος — eunoûchos
εὐνοῦχος, εὐνούχου, ὁ (from εὐνή a bed, and ἔχω), the Sept. סָרִיס; from Herodotus down; properly, a bed-keeper, bed-guard, superintendent of the bedchamber, chamberlain, in the palace of oriental monarchs who support numerous wives; the superintendent of the women's apartment or harem, an office held by eunuchs; hence,
a. an emasculated man, a eunuch: Mat 19:12 b. But eunuchs in oriental courts held other offices of greater or less importance, like the oversight of the treasury, held by the Ethiopian eunuch mentioned in Act 8:27; Act 8:34; Act 8:36; Act 8:38 f; cf. Gesenius, Thesaurus, ii., p. 973; (B. D. under the word ).
b. one naturally incapacitated — either for marriage, Mat 19:12 a; or for begetting children, Wis 3:14, cf. Grimm, exgt. Hdb. at the passage c. one who voluntarily abstains from marriage: Mat 19:12 c. Fischer, De vitiis lexamples N. T. etc., p. 485ff treats of the word more fully.
6 occurrences
Matthew (1), Acts (5)