εὐνουχίζω
eunouchízō · G2134 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to make a eunuch, to castrate, to be celibate, to live without marrying
To physically castrate someone, or figuratively to commit oneself to a celibate lifestyle
ExamplesMatthew 19:12 “For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by people; and there are also eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who is able to accept this, let him accept it.”
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- ὅστιςwhoever, whichever, whatever 2
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἑαυτοῦhimself, herself, itself 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- διάthrough+ βασιλείαkingdom, reign 1
- ὑπόby, under+ ἄνθρωποςman, person, people 1
Named alongside itApposition
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- εὐνοῦχοςeunuch 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Contrasting words 1 word
- γαμέω gaméō · G1060 · to marry, marriage
- In its figurative sense of 'to live unmarried/be celibate' (semantic domain 9.27), εὐνουχίζω represents the state of remaining unmarried, while γαμέω represents the opposite action of entering into marriage. These are lexical opposites in the domain of marital status.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- To make a eunuch, to castrate9.26
- In Matthew 19:12, Jesus says there are also eunuchs “who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven,” using this verb for making oneself a eunuch.
- To be celibate, to live without marrying9.27
- In Matthew 19:12, the same verse names those “who were made eunuchs by people,” using this verb for the condition of living without marrying that eunuchs were made to observe.
Word family 51 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 1 aorist ἐυνουχισα; 1 aorist passive ἐυνουχίσθην; (on the augment cf. Buttmann, 34…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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