What does Eunuch mean in the Bible?

First uses (BSB)

1. 2 Kings 9:32

   He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three eunuchs looked down at him.

2. 2 Kings 20:18

   And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”

3. Esther 1:10

   On the seventh day, when the king’s heart was merry with wine, he ordered the seven eunuchs who served him—Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas—

4. Esther 1:12

   Queen Vashti, however, refused to come at the king’s command brought by his eunuchs. And the king became furious, and his anger burned within him.

5. Esther 1:15

   “According to law,” he asked, “what should be done with Queen Vashti, since she refused to obey the command of King Xerxes delivered by the eunuchs?”

6. Esther 2:3

   and let the king appoint commissioners in each province of his kingdom to assemble all the beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the women, and let them be given beauty treatments.

7. Esther 2:14

   She would go there in the evening, and in the morning she would return to a second harem under the care of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch in charge of the concubines. She would not return to the king unless he delighted in her and summoned her by name.

8. Esther 2:21

   In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, grew angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.

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