1. eunuch / castrated court official — A eunuch — a castrated male, often serving as a court official or chamberlain in ancient royal households. The singular (NMS, 5x) and plural (NMP, 3x) forms represent the same lexical sense with only grammatical number difference. Multilingual evidence is consistent across all translations: Spanish 'eunuco/eunucos' (sg/pl), Hindi 'खोजा/हिजदे' (khojā = eunuch, hijḍe = eunuchs, both culturally specific terms), Arabic 'خَصِيُّ/خَصِيٌّ/خِصْيَانٌ' (khaṣiyy/khiṣyān, sg/pl), Korean '내시/고자들이' (naesi = eunuch/court official, goja = castrated person), Swahili 'towashi' (eunuch). In the NT context (Matt 19:12, Acts 8), this covers both literal eunuchs and those who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom. 8×
AR["خَصِيٌّ","خَصِيُّ","خِصْيَانٌ"]·ben["নপুংসক"]·DE["Eunuch"]·EN["eunuch","eunuchs"]·FR["eunuque"]·heb["סָרִיס","סָרִיסִים"]·HI["खोजा","हिजदे"]·ID["sida-sida"]·IT["eunouchoi","eunuco"]·jav["abdi-dhiri","abdi-dhiri,","abdi-dhiri;","kebèri"]·KO["고자들이","내시","내시-가","내시-는"]·PT["eunuco","eunucos"]·RU["евнух","скопцы"]·ES["eunuco","eunucos"]·SW["ambao","towashi"]·TR["hadım","hadımlar"]·urd["خواجہ-سرا","خوجہ","خوجے"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
εὐνοῦχος, ὁ, (εὐνή, ἔχω) castrated person, eunuch, employed to take charge of the women and act as chamberlain (whence the name, ὁ τὴν εὐνὴν ἔχων), Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 of animals, Refs 3rd c.BC+ __3 of dates, without stones, Refs 4th c.BC+ __II as adjective, watching the bed, sleepless, λαμπάδες εὐνούχοισιν ὄμμασιν Refs 5th c.BC+