Acts 8:39:18Acts.8.39.W18TAB
εὐνοῦχος
eunoukhos
“eunuch”
- Transliteration
- eu-NOU-khos
- Extended
- eh-oo-NOO-khohs
- IPA
- /euˈnuː.kʰos/
Meaning by language
- English
- eunuch
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
eu-NOU-khos
- sentence
HO-te de a-NE-bê-san ek tou HY-da-tos PNEU-ma KY-ree-ou HÊR-pa-sen ton PHI-lip-pon kai ouk EI-den au-TON ou-KE-ti ho eu-NOU-khos e-po-REU-e-to gar tên ho-DON au-TOU KHAI-rōn
Exegesis
The coordination kai ouk eiden auton ouketi ho eunouchos {καὶ οὐκ εἶδεν αὐτὸν οὐκέτι ὁ εὐνοῦχος | kaí ouk eî-den au-tón ou-ké-ti ho eu-noû-khos} presents the eunuch’s perspective: with ouk plus the aorist eiden {εἶδεν | eî-den} and the adverb ouketi {οὐκέτι | ou-ké-ti}, Luke emphasizes that the eunuch’s sight of Philip has definitively ended.
The nominative phrase ho eunouchos {ὁ εὐνοῦχος | ho eu-noû-khos} is the subject both of eiden and of the following verb.
Root and etymology
likely compound of eu and echo, root euepsilon–upsilon
“well”
In context — Acts 8:39
When they had come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no longer, for he went on his way rejoicing.
About this coordinate
Acts 8:39:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Acts 8:39, so the Greek word εὐνοῦχος (eunoukhos) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.8.39.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.8.39.W18.S1) and character.