The story of david in the bible kjv
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What Is a Eunuch?
What is a Eunuch? Was Daniel the prophet one of them?
The word eunuch is only mentioned, by name, seven times in the KJV Bible.
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It is found twice in the Old Testament (Isaiah 56:3, Jeremiah 52:25) and five times in the New Testament (Acts 8:27, 34, 36, 38, 39). In the Old Testament, it is derived from a word that means to castrate and, by definition, can reference a chamberlain or minister of state (Strong's Concordance #H5631).
In the New Testament, eunuch is derived from a Greek word that means someone castrated and impotent (Strong's #G2135).
If castration of a male occurs before the age of puberty or the gonads are injured, he will most likely not be able to have children or be able to perform sexually.
A man without his ability to procreate can be trusted to guard the king's women or the females in some official's personal harem.
Boys in this condition were many times sold by parents or made into slaves. They did this to give their son a life better than