Strong's G2582: Κανδάκη (Kandákē) Meaning

Quick Definition

Κανδάκη, ης, ἡ n.f. Candace

Biblical Persons & Places

Candace Title of a leader

Title of a leader; called Candacé (Κανδάκη)

Strong's Definition

Candacè, an Egyptian queen

Derivation: of foreign origin;

KJV Usage: Candace

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Κανδάκη (G2582)

noun-name, f. | -ης

37.77 · Control, Rule · Rule, Govern

the Candace, the female ruler of Ethiopia the title of the queen of Ethiopia For a different interpretation of Κανδάκη in ACT 8:27, see 93.209. See also 37.68.

ACT 8:27

93.209 · Names of Persons and Places · Persons

Candace interpreted by some as the name of the queen of Ethiopia, but see 37.77

ACT 8:27

¹ It is possible that Κανδάκη was interpreted by persons outside of Ethiopia as being a proper name.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

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): Act_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).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

Κανδάκη Kandakē 1x

Candace, pr. name, Acts 8:27*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Κανδάκη, -ης, ἡ, Candace: Ac 8:27.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

Κανδάκη. An interesting inscription belonging to B.c. 13 comes to us from the ancient Pselkis on the borders of Ethiopia in which an embassy on its homeward journey πρὸς] τὴν κυρίαν βασίλισσαν records its ‘‘adoration.” Wilcken (Hermes xxvili. (1893) p. 154 ff.) has shown good grounds for belieying that in this βασίλισσα we are to see the famous Kay8axn_ of Ac δ57, The whole inscr. is in consequence worth recording here—Apmoxpds ἥκω ἀναβαίνων μετὰ "E[parov] πρεσβευτοῦ kal Taplov γραμματέως [πρὸς] τὴν κυρίαν βασίλισσαν καὶ τὸ προσ[κύνημα] ἐπόησα ὧδε παρ[ὰ] τῷ κυρίῳ “Epp[q θεῷ μεγίστῳ] kal’ Epdrov καὶ ᾿Ανθούσης kal [ Αλε]ξανδρήας, ἔτους tL ἸΚα([σα](ρος) Μεχ[είρ (Cagzat I. 1359). In itself the name Κανδάκη, like Ptolemy, was a dynastic title (“quod nomen multis iam annis ad reginas transiit,” Pliny A.J. vi. 35). See also Laurent V7 Studien, p. 140 fl.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

Κανδάκη (Kandakē) — Candace. Κανδάκη, -ης, ἡ Candace: Act.8:27.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

Κανδάκη, -ης, ἡ Candace: Act.8:27.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

8:27

G2582 Κανδάκη (Kandákē)