EUNUCH

In the courts of oriental monarchs, the charge of the female and interior apartments is committed to eunuchs. Hence the word came to signify merely a court officer. Such were Potiphar, Joseph’s master, Ge 39:17, and the treasurer of Queen Candace, Ac 8:27. Our Savior speaks of some who "have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake;" that is, who have voluntarily abstained from marriage, in order more effectually to labor for the kingdom of God, Mt 19:12; and the apostle Paul commends the same abstinence in certain exceptional cases in time of persecution, 1Co 7:26,27. See GAZA.

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eunuch. eunuch, (g) gelded, wanting stones

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Eunuch. Eunuch
Literally bed-keeper or chamberlain, and not necessarily in all cases one who was mutilated, although the practice of employing such mutilated persons in Oriental courts was common (2 Kings 9:32; Esther 2:3). The law of Moses excluded them from the congregation (Deut. 23:1). They were common also among the Greeks and Romans. It is said that even to-day there are some in Rome who are employed in singing soprano in the Sistine Chapel. Three classes of eunuchs are mentioned in Matt. 19:12.

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EUNUCH. → General scriptures concerning Mt 19:12 → Prohibited from certain privileges of the congregation De 23:1; Isa 56:3-5 → Influential court officials Jer 38:7-13; 52:25; Da 1:3 → Those who voluntarily became (continent, probably) for the kingdom of heaven's sake Mt 19:12 → Baptism of the Ethiopian Ac 8:26-29

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eunuch. Eunuch, [ch as k] n. a castrated person

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Eu″nuch (?), n. [[L. eunuchus, Gr. �, prop., keeping or guarding the couch; � couch, bed, + � to have, hold, keep.]] A male of the human species castrated; commonly, one of a class of such persons, in Oriental countries, having charge of the women's apartments. Some of them, in former times, gained high official rank.