Lexicon 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. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom aithó (to burn) and ops (an eye, face) DefinitionEthiopian NASB TranslationEthiopian (1), Ethiopians (1).
Thayer's 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 . Cf. Bib. Sacr. for 1866, p. 515).
Strong's Ethiopian. From aitho (to scorch) and ops (the face, from optanomai); an ?Thiopian (as a blackamoor) -- Ethiopian. see GREEK optanomai |
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