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Κανδάκη

Kandakē

Proper feminine noun · Of foreign origin

Of foreign origin; Candacè, an Egyptian queen:—Candace.

Outline

Candace = "prince of servants"

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.

Usages

Acts 8:27

And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,

Breakdown

Ethiopia An Israelite living in Ethiopia (Isaiah 11:11).

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