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Lexicon :: Strong's G2582 - kandakē

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Κανδάκη
Transliteration
kandakē (Key)
Pronunciation
kan-dak'-ay
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Part of Speech
proper feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of foreign origin
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s)
TR
1x in 1 unique form(s)
LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

Κανδάκη Kandákē, kan-dak'-ay; of foreign origin; Candacè, an Egyptian queen:—Candace.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G2582 in the following manner: Candace (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G2582 in the following manner: Candace (1x).
  1. Candace = "prince of servants"

    1. a queen of Ethiopia mentioned in Acts 8:27. (A.D. 38) The name was not a proper name of an individual, but that of a dynasty of Ethiopian queens.

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Κανδάκη Kandákē, kan-dak'-ay; of foreign origin; Candacè, an Egyptian queen:—Candace.
STRONGS G2582:
Κανδάκη, Κανδάκης, , 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).
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 G2582 matches the Greek Κανδάκη (kandakē),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:27 - So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian[fn] eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means “queen of the Ethiopians”). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship,
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