Strong's Concordance Aithiops: Ethiopian Original Word: Αἰθίοψ, οπος, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Aithiops Phonetic Spelling: (ahee-thee'-ops) Short Definition: an Ethiopian Definition: an Ethiopian, Abyssinian. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 128: ΑἰθίοψΑἰθίοψ, (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 Meroe; (see Dillmann in Schenkel i. 285ff; Alex.'s Kitto or McClintock and Strong's Cyclopaedia under the word Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Ethiopian. From aitho (to scorch) and ops (the face, from optanomai); an ?Thiopian (as a blackamoor) -- Ethiopian. see GREEK optanomai Forms and Transliterations Αιθιοπων Αἰθιόπων Αιθιοψ Αἰθίοψ αίθριον αιθρίου αιλ αιλάμ αιλαμμώθ αιλαμμών αιλαμώθ αιλαύ αιλευ αιλεύ Aithiopon Aithiopōn Aithiópon Aithiópōn Aithiops AithíopsLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 1282 Occurrences Αἰθιόπων — 1 Occ. Αἰθίοψ — 1 Occ. Acts 8:27 N-NMS GRK: ἰδοὺ ἀνὴρ Αἰθίοψ εὐνοῦχος δυνάστης NAS: up and went; and there was an Ethiopian eunuch, KJV: a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch INT: Behold a man an Ethiopian a eunuch one in power Acts 8:27 N-GMP |
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