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CANDACE

(Gk. kandákē)

An Ethiopic title for the queen and queen mother. The Candace mentioned in Acts 8:27 is not identified by a personal name. Philip baptized her treasurer, an Ethiopian eunuch who came to Jerusalem to worship. According to Bion of Soli (Aethiopica 1, ca. 2nd century b.c.e.), the Candace was the head of the government in the Nubian kingdom of Meroe (located in modern Sudan). The title Candace is also attested in several classical sources (cf. Strabo Geog. 17.1.54; Dio Cassius Hist. 54.5.4-5; Pliny Nat. hist. 6.35.186; Pseudo-Callistus 3.18).

Jo Ann H. Seely






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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