Strong G128Αἰθίοψ
Ethiopian
- Transliteration
- Aithiops
- Pronunciation
- ahee-thee'-ops
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location in Gentilic sense
Definition
From αἴθω aithō (to scorch) and ὤψ ōps (the face from G3700); an Ethiopian (as a blackamoor): - Ethiopian.
Detailed definition
.*Αἰθίοψ, -οπος, ὁ
(αἴθω, to burn, ὤψ, face; i.e. swarthy), [in LXX for כּוּשׁ;]
Ethiopian: Act.8:27.†
(AS)
(αἴθω, to burn, ὤψ, face; i.e. swarthy), [in LXX for כּוּשׁ;]
Ethiopian: Act.8:27.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G128 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- ethiopia1
- ethiopians1
First verses
- Acts 8:27And 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,
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Detailed Greek dictionary
Αἰθίοψ, οπος, ὁ,
feminine Αἰθιοπίς, ίδος, ἡ (Αἰθίοψ as feminine, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 328, 329))]: plural Αἰθιοπῆες[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.423, whence _nominative_ Αἰθιοπεύς 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 208)]: (αἴθω, ὄψ):—properly, Burnt-face, i.e. Ethiopian, negro, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, etc.)]; proverbial, Αἰθίοπα σμήχειν 'to wash a blackamoor white', [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Ind.” 28.)]
2 a fish, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Agatharchides Geographus 109.)]
II adjective, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Ethiopian”, Αἰθιοπὶς γλῶσσα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.19; γῆ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 300, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 228.4:)]substantive Αἰθιοπίς, ἡ, title of Epic poem in the Homeric cycle; also name of a plant, silver sage, Salvia argentea, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.104)]:— also Αἰθιόπιος, α, ον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 349)]: Αἰθιοπικός, ή, όν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, etc.)]; Αἰ. κύμινον, ={ἄμι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 3.17, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.62)]:—substantive Αἰθιοπία, ἡ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, etc.)]
II.2 red-brown, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (Anthologia Graeca 7.196 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus), cf. Ach. Tat. 4.5.)]
feminine Αἰθιοπίς, ίδος, ἡ (Αἰθίοψ as feminine, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 328, 329))]: plural Αἰθιοπῆες[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.423, whence _nominative_ Αἰθιοπεύς 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 208)]: (αἴθω, ὄψ):—properly, Burnt-face, i.e. Ethiopian, negro, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, etc.)]; proverbial, Αἰθίοπα σμήχειν 'to wash a blackamoor white', [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Ind.” 28.)]
2 a fish, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Agatharchides Geographus 109.)]
II adjective, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Ethiopian”, Αἰθιοπὶς γλῶσσα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.19; γῆ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 300, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 228.4:)]substantive Αἰθιοπίς, ἡ, title of Epic poem in the Homeric cycle; also name of a plant, silver sage, Salvia argentea, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.104)]:— also Αἰθιόπιος, α, ον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 349)]: Αἰθιοπικός, ή, όν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, etc.)]; Αἰ. κύμινον, ={ἄμι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 3.17, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.62)]:—substantive Αἰθιοπία, ἡ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, etc.)]
II.2 red-brown, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (Anthologia Graeca 7.196 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus), cf. Ach. Tat. 4.5.)]