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Bible Lexicons
Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary Greek Lexicon
Strong's #2134 - εὐνουχίζω
Transliteration
eunouchízō
Phonetics
yoo-noo-khid'-zo
Origin
from (G2135)
Parts of Speech
verb
TDNT
2:765,277
Definition
- Thayer
- Strong
- Mounce
Thayer's
- to castrate, to neuter a man
- metaph. to make one's self a eunuch i.e. by abstaining (like a eunuch from marriage)
Frequency Lists
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Verse Results

ASV (2)
Matthew
2
BSB (2)
Matthew
2
CSB (2)
Matthew
2
ESV (2)
Matthew
2
KJV (3)
Matthew
3
LEB (0)
The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
LSB (4)
Matthew
4
N95 (4)
Matthew
4
NAS (4)
Matthew
4
NLT (1)
Matthew
2
WEB (2)
Matthew
2
YLT (2)
Matthew
2
Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions
εὐνουχ-ίζω,
castrate, τινα Matthew 19:12 (Act. and Pass.), Luc. Sat. 12, etc.; γυναῖκας Xanth. 19: metaph., γῆν Philostr. V A 6.42; φάρμακον Archig. ap. Orib. 8.2.8: — Pass., Gal. 4.570, D.C. 68.2.
Thayer's Expanded Definition
εὐνουχίζω: 1 aorist ἐυνουχισα; 1 aorist passive ἐυνουχίσθην; (on the augment cf. Buttmann, 34 (30); WHs Appendix, p. 162); to castrate, unman: passive ὑπό τίνος, Matthew 19:12a; metaphorically, ἐυνουχίζειν ἑαυτόν, to make oneself a eunuch, viz. by abstaining (like a eunuch) from marriage, Matthew 19:12b. (Josephus, Antiquities 10, 2, 2; Lucian, Dio Cassius, others.)
Thayer's Expanded Greek Definition, Electronic Database.
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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament
*† εὐνουχίζω
(< εὐνοῦχος ),
to make a eunuch of, castrate: pass., Matthew 19:12; metaph., εὐ . έαυτόν , ib.†
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
List of Word Forms
ευνουχισαν ευνούχισαν εὐνούχισαν ευνουχισθησαν ευνουχίσθησαν εὐνουχίσθησαν eunouchisan eunoúchisan eunouchisthesan eunouchisthēsan eunouchísthesan eunouchísthēsan