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Lexicon :: Strong's G128 - aithiops

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Αἰθίοψ
Transliteration
aithiops (Key)
Pronunciation
ahee-thee'-ops
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From aitho (to scorch) and ops (the face, from ὀπτάνομαι (G3700))
Strong’s Definitions

Αἰθίοψ Aithíops, ahee-thee'-ops; from αἴθω aíthō (to scorch) and ὤψ ṓps (the face, from G3700); an Æthiopian (as a blackamoor):—Ethiopian.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G128 in the following manner: Ethiopian (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G128 in the following manner: Ethiopian (2x).
  1. Ethiopian = "black"

    1. an Ethiopian

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Αἰθίοψ Aithíops, ahee-thee'-ops; from αἴθω aíthō (to scorch) and ὤψ ṓps (the face, from G3700); an Æthiopian (as a blackamoor):—Ethiopian.
STRONGS G128:
Αἰθίοψ, -οπος, , (αἴθω, to burn, and ὤψ [ὄψ], the face; swarthy), Ethiopian (Hebrew כּוּשִׁי): Acts 8:27, here the reference is to upper Ethiopia, called Habesh or Abyssinia, a country of Africa adjoining Egypt and including the island Meroë; [see Dillmann in Schenkel i. 285ff; Alex.'s Kitto or McClintock and Strong's Cyclopaedia under the word Ethiopia. Cf. Bib. Sacr. for 1866, p. 515].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
8:27

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Strong's Number G128 matches the Greek Αἰθίοψ (aithiops),
which occurs 2 times in 1 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:27 - And he arose and went: and behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship;
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