Strong's Lexicon
G2582 — Κανδάκη
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2582 |
|---|---|
| Word: | Κανδάκη |
| Part of Speech: | Name Person |
| Etymology: | of foreign origin |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | Kandake |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kan-dak'-ay |
| Meaning: | 1. Candace, an Egyptian queen |
| KJV Renderings: | Candace |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Κανδάκη, Κανδάκης, ἡ, Candace, a name common to the queens of a region of Ethiopia whose capital was Napata; just as the proper name Ptolemy was common to the Egyptian kings, and Henry to the Reuss princes (Strabo 17, 1, 54, p. 820; Pliny, h. n. 6, 35; Dio Cassius, 54, 5): Act 8:27; cf. Laurent, Die Königin Kandake, in the Zeitschr. f. d. luth. Theol. for 1862, p. 632ff (reprinted in his N. T. Studien, p. 140f; cf. especially B. D. American edition, under the word).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
Κανδάκη (Candace)
Acts 8:27
- KJV: And he arose and went and behold a man of Ethiopia an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians who had of all her treasure and had come to Jerusalem for to worship
- GK: και αναστάς επορεύθη και ιδού ανήρ Αιθίοψ ευνούχος δυνάστης Κανδάκης της βασιλίσσης Αιθιόπων ος ην επί πάσης της γάζης αυτής ος εληλύθει προσκυνήσων εις Ιερουσαλήμ