castrated person

: ; one such holding, as was common, high office, as of chamberlain, at court, , , , , ; metaph., of one naturally incapacitated for or volun­tarily abstaining from wedlock, .† an emasculated man, a eunuch Mt 19:12 Ac 8:27 34 36 38 39 Mt 19:12

kamerling, gesnedenen

(a) a chamberlain, keeper of the bed-chamber of an eastern potentate, eunuch, (b) a eunuch, castrated person, or one who voluntarily abstains from marriage.

eunuch

a castrated person (such being employed in Oriental bed-chambers); by extension an impotent or unmarried man; by implication, a chamberlain (state-officer)

eunuch

a castrated person (such being employed in Oriental bed-chambers)

by extension an impotent or unmarried man

by implication, a chamberlain (state-officer)

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)