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G2134 εὐνουχίζω (eunouchízō)
Greek
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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.

MAT 19:12

9.27 · People · Males

to be celibate, to live without marrying (used with a reflexive pronoun) to live without engaging in sexual relations

MAT 19:12

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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+]

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