εὐνοῦχος

εὐνοῦχος, -ου, ὁ

(i.e. ὁ τὴν εὐνὴν(bed) ἔχων), [in LXX for סָרִיס (perhaps not of necessity an actual eunuch; DB, see word), 1 Mos 39,1, al., Wis 3,14, Sir 20,4; 30,20 ;]

an emasculated man, a eunuch: Matt 19,12 one such holding, as was common, high office, as of chamberlain, at court, ApG 8,27, 34-39; metaphorically, of one naturally incapacitated for or volun­tarily abstaining from wedlock, Matt 19,12,†