The Definition of the word 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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