Quick Definition
an Ethiopian
Strong's Definition
an Æthiopian (as a blackamoor)
Derivation: from (to scorch) and (the face, from G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι));
KJV Usage: Ethiopian
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Αἰθίοψ, (οπος, ὁ (αἴθω, to burn, and ὤψ (ὄψ), the face; swarthy), Ethiopian (Hebrew λΜεΜωΔΡι): Act_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).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Αἰθίοψ Aithiops 2x
an Ethiopian, Act_8:27
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Αἰθίοψ , -οπος , ὁ
( <αἴθω , to burn , ὤψ , face; i.e . swarthy ),
[in LXX for H3568 ;]
Ethiopian: Act_8:27 .†
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
Αἰθίοψ [Etym: αἴθω, ὄψ] properly "burnt-face", i. e. "an Ethiop, African", Hom. , etc. adj. "Ethiopian", Hdt. , etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
.*Αἰθίοψ, -οπος, ὁ
(αἴθω, to burn, ὤψ, face; i.e. swarthy), [in LXX for כּוּשׁ ;]
Ethiopian: Act.8:27.†
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