Lexicon :: Strong's G2582 - kandakē

Κανδάκη
Transliteration
kandakē (Key)
Pronunciation
kan-dak'-ay
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, 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).
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