Lexicon :: Strong's G128 - aithiops

Αἰθίοψ
Transliteration
aithiops (Key)
Pronunciation
ahee-thee'-ops
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From aitho (to scorch) and ops (the face, from ὀπτάνομαι (G3700))
mGNT
2x in 2 unique form(s) TR
2x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
27x in 7 unique form(s)
Αἰθιόπων — 1x
Αἰθίοψ — 1x
Αἰθιόπων — 1x
Αἰθίοψ — 1x
Αἰθίοπα — 1x
Αἰθίοπας — 1x
Αἰθίοπες — 7x
Αἰθιοπίας — 1x
Αἰθιόπων — 11x
Αἰθίοψ — 3x
Αἰθίοψιν — 3x
Strong’s Definitions

Αἰθίοψ Aithíops, ahee-thee'-ops; from αἴθω aíthō (to scorch) and ὤψ ṓps (the face, from G3700); an Æthiopian (as a blackamoor):—Ethiopian.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G128 in the following manner: Ethiopian (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G128 in the following manner: Ethiopian (2x).

  1. Ethiopian = "black"

    1. an Ethiopian

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Αἰθίοψ Aithíops, ahee-thee'-ops; from αἴθω aíthō (to scorch) and ὤψ ṓps (the face, from G3700); an Æthiopian (as a blackamoor):—Ethiopian.
STRONGS G128:
Αἰθίοψ, -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 Meroë; [see Dillmann in Schenkel i. 285ff; Alex.'s Kitto or McClintock and Strong's Cyclopaedia under the word Ethiopia. Cf. Bib. Sacr. for 1866, p. 515].
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Acts
8:27