Quick Definition
εὐνουχίζω v. emasculate, castrate
Strong's Definition
from 2135; to castrate (figuratively, live unmarried)
KJV Usage: make...eunuch
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | εὐνή + ἔχω
9.26 · People · Males
to make a eunuch, to castrate (derivative of εὐνοῦχος[a] ‘eunuch,’ 9.25) to cause a person to be a eunuch Sometimes one may render εὐνουχίζω as ‘to cause a person not to be able to have marital relations.’
In a number of languages the castration of a man is referred to by a term very different from what is employed in the case of the castration of an animal.
9.27 · People · Males
to be celibate, to live without marrying (used with a reflexive pronoun) to live without engaging in sexual relations
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
εὐνουχίζω: 1 aor. εὐνούχισα; 1 aor. pass. edvovxia@ny ; [on the augm. ef. B. 34 (30); WH. App. p. 162]; to castrate, unman: pass. ὑπό twos, Mt. xix. 12"; metaph. εὐνουχ. ἑαυτόν to make one’s self a eunuch, viz. by abstaining (like a eunuch) from marriage, Mt. xix. 122 (Jo seph. antt. 10, 2, 2; Leian., Dio Cass., al.)
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† εὐνουχίζω
(< εὐνοῦχος),
to make a eunuch of, castrate: pass., Mt 19:12; metaph., εὐ. έαυτόν, ib.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
εὐνουχίζω (eunouchizō) — to become a eunuch. εὐνουχ-ίζω, castrate, τινα [NT+5th c.BC+]“V A” 6.42; φάρμακον [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
