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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, ὁ, (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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G128 matches the Greek Αἰθίοψ (aithiops),
which occurs 27 times in 26 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:9 - The king heard that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was marching out to fight him. He again sent messengers to Hezekiah, ordering them:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:3 - He had 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and an innumerable number of soldiers who accompanied him from Egypt, including Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:9 - Zerah the Cushite marched against them with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots. He arrived at Mareshah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:12 - The LORD struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah. The Cushites fled,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:13 - and Asa and his army chased them as far as Gerar. The Cushites were wiped out; they were shattered before the LORD and his army. The men of Judah carried off a huge amount of plunder.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:8 - Did not the Cushites and Libyans have a huge army with chariots and a very large number of horsemen? But when you relied on the LORD, he handed them over to you!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 21:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:16 - The LORD stirred up against Jehoram the Philistines and the Arabs who lived beside the Cushites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:9 - Before him the coastlands will bow down, and his enemies will lick the dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:14 - You crushed the heads of Leviathan; you fed him to the people who live along the coast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 87:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:4 - I mention Rahab and Babylon to my followers. Here are Philistia and Tyre, along with Ethiopia. It is said of them, "This one was born there."

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:3 - Later the LORD explained, "In the same way that my servant Isaiah has walked around in undergarments and barefoot for the past three years, as an object lesson and omen pertaining to Egypt and Cush,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:4 - so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, both young and old. They will be in undergarments and barefoot, with the buttocks exposed; the Egyptians will be publicly humiliated.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:5 - Those who put their hope in Cush and took pride in Egypt will be afraid and embarrassed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:9 - The king heard that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was marching out to fight him. He again sent messengers to Hezekiah, ordering them:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:14 - This is what the LORD says: "The profit of Egypt and the revenue of Ethiopia, along with the Sabeans, those tall men, will be brought to you and become yours. They will walk behind you, coming along in chains. They will bow down to you and pray to you: 'Truly God is with you; he has no peer; there is no other God!'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:23 - But there is little hope for you ever doing good, you who are so accustomed to doing evil. Can an Ethiopian change the color of his skin? Can a leopard remove its spots?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:7 - An Ethiopian, Ebed Melech, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put in the cistern. While the king was holding court at the Benjamin Gate,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:16 - "Go and tell Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian, 'The LORD God of Israel who rules over all says, "I will carry out against this city what I promised. It will mean disaster and not good fortune for it. When that disaster happens, you will be there to see it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:9 - Go ahead and charge into battle, you horsemen! Drive furiously, you charioteers! Let the soldiers march out into battle, those from Ethiopia and Libya who carry shields, and those from Lydia who are armed with the bow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:10 - I am against you and your waterways. I will turn the land of Egypt into an utter desolate ruin from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border with Ethiopia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:5 - Persia, Ethiopia, and Put are with them, all of them with shields and helmets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:43

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:43 - He will have control over the hidden stores of gold and silver, as well as all the treasures of Egypt. Libyans and Ethiopians will submit to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:7 - "You Israelites are just like the Ethiopians in my sight," says the LORD. "Certainly I brought Israel up from the land of Egypt, but I also brought the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans from Kir.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:7 - I see the tents of Cushan overwhelmed by trouble; the tent curtains of the land of Midian are shaking.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:12 - "You Ethiopians will also die by my sword!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:10 - From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, those who pray to me will bring me tribute.
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