Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Κανδάκη
- Transliteration
- Kandakē
- Language
- Greek
- Part of speech
- N:N--T
- Indexed occurrences
- 1
Glosses
Candace
Lexicon definition
Κανδάκη, -ης, ἡ Candace: Act.8:27.† (AS)
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Candace
The name of an Ethiopian queen, whose eunuch coming to Jerusalem to worship the Lord, was baptized by Philip the deacon, near Bethsura, in the way to Gaza, as he was returning to his own country, Acts viii, 27. The Ethiopia here mentioned was the isle or peninsula of Meroë to the south of Egypt, which, as Mr. Candace is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “who possesses contrition.” This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.
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- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Historical Reference: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
- Historical Reference: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
- Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
- Historical Reference: concordance
- Historical Reference: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
- Historical Reference: Installed reference work
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- Subject type
- Subject
- Strong’s
- G2582
- Greek
- Κανδάκη · Kandakē
- Name meaning
- who possesses contrition According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Strong’s and original-language information
G2582
Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
Κανδάκη
- Transliteration
- Kandákē
- Language
- Greek
- Indexed occurrences
- 1
Glosses
Candace
Lexicon definition
Candacè, an Egyptian queen
Hebrew lexical coverage
No safely matched Hebrew Strong’s entry
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Complete dictionary entries
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Candace
who possesses contrition
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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
CANDACE
the name of an Ethiopian queen, whose eunuch coming to Jerusalem to worship the Lord, was baptized by Philip the deacon, near Bethsura, in the way to Gaza, as he was returning to his own country, Acts viii, 27. The Ethiopia here mentioned was the isle or peninsula of Meroë to the south of Egypt, which, as Mr. Bruce shows, is now called Atbara, up the Nile. Candace was the common name of the queens of that country. Strabo and Pliny mention queens of that name as reigning in their times. That the queen mentioned in the Acts was converted by the instrumentality of her servant, and that the country thus received Christianity at that early period, are statements not supported by any good testimony. See ABYSSINIAN CHURCH.
Source: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary · View data sources
Concordance
Strong's Concordance
Candace
Indexed occurrences: 1
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All Scripture references1 references
Acts 1
Topical Bible
Nave's Topical Bible
CANDACE
Entry:
Nave’s Topical Bible references for CANDACE.
Indexed references: 1
Scripture references:
Source: Nave's Topical Bible · View data sources
Bible Names
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Candace
Meaning:
who possesses contrition
Source: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · View data sources
Sources
- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Historical Reference: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
- Historical Reference: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
- Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
- Historical Reference: concordance
- Historical Reference: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
- Historical Reference: Installed reference work
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Topic
CANDACE
Nave’s Topical Bible references for CANDACE.
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Candace
who possesses contrition
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Ethiopian eunuch
The chief officer or prime minister of state of Candace (q.v.), queen of Ethiopia. He was converted to Christianity through the instrumentality of Philip (Act 8:27). The northern portion of Ethiopia formed the kingdom of Meroe, which for a long period was ruled over by queens, and it was probably from this kingdom that the eunuch came.
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Naphtuhim
A Hamitic tribe descended from Mizraim (Gen. 10:13). Others identify this word with Napata, the name of the city and territory on the southern frontier of Mizraim, the modern Meroe, at the great bend of the Nile at Soudan. This city was the royal residence, it is said, of Queen Candace (Acts 8:27). Here there are extensive and splendid ruins.
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