中文圣经
阉
yān
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How is 阉 read in the Chinese Bible?

阉 is read yān in the Chinese Union Version. It occurs 4 times in 2 verses across 2 books, first in Deuteronomy 23:1. Common words: 阉割, 阉人.

Occurrences
4
Verses
2
Books
2

Words it forms in the Bible

  • 阉yān× 2to castrate
  • 阉割yān gē× 1to castrate
  • 阉人yān rén× 1a castrate

Meaning: eunuch; to castrate

In the text

  • Deuteronomy 23:1

    「凡外肾受伤的,或被阉yān割的,不可入耶和华的会。

  • Matthew 19:12

    因为有生来是阉yān人,也有被人阉yān的,并有为天国的缘故自阉yān的。这话谁能领受就可以领受。」

Reading checked against CC-CEDICT, for the character or the word it sits in.

Rare: outside the 3,500 level-1 characters of the 通用规范汉字表 (2013), China’s official list of common characters. For learners: common by that list, but in no HSK 3.0 word of levels 1–6.

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