greek #2582 - Κανδάκη, ης, ἡ Kandaké (Candace)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Candace, an Egyptian queen Of foreign origin -- Candace, an Egyptian queen -- Candace. Thayer's Greek LexiconStrong's 2582: ΚανδάκηΚανδάκη, 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): Acts 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 Concordance (References) |