Candace

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Candace: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV

the title of Ethiopian queens

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who possesses contrition

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NET Glossary: the title of the queen of the Ethiopians (Acts 8:27); the term is a title like Pharaoh rather than a name (the Candace referred to in Acts 8:27 was probably Amantitere, who ruled from A.D. 25-41)

Greek

Strongs #2582: Kandakh Kandake

Candace = "prince of servants"

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

2582 Kandake kan-dak'-ay

of foreign origin:-Candace, an Egyptian queen:-Candace.

Candace [EBD]

the queen of the Ethiopians whose "eunuch" or chamberlain was converted to Christianity by the instrumentality of Philip the evangelist (Acts 8:27). The country which she ruled was called by the Greeks Meroe, in Upper Nubia. It was long the centre of commercial intercourse between Africa and the south of Asia, and hence became famous for its wealth (Isa. 45:14).

It is somewhat singular that female sovereignty seems to have prevailed in Ethiopia, the name Candace (compare "Pharaoh," "Ptolemy," "Caesar") being a title common to several successive queens. It is probable that Judaism had taken root in Ethiopia at this time, and hence the visit of the queen's treasurer to Jerusalem to keep the feast. There is a tradition that Candace was herself converted to Christianity by her treasurer on his return, and that he became the apostle of Christianity in that whole region, carrying it also into Abyssinia. It is said that he also preached the gospel in Arabia Felix and in Ceylon, where he suffered martyrdom. (See PHILIP.)

Candace [NAVE]

CANDACE, queen of Ethiopia, Acts 8:27.

CANDACE, OR CANDACE [SMITH]

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

CANDACE [ISBE]

CANDACE - kan'-da-se (Kandake): Queen of the Ethiopians (Acts 8:27). Pliny states that the name Candace had already been borne for many years by the queens of Ethiopia (vi,29). See ETHIOPIA. Her treasurer, "a eunuch of great authority," was baptized by Philip the Evangelist on his return from worshipping in Jerusalem.