Kandake - Wikipedia
Kandake, kadake or kentake (Meroitic: 𐦲𐦷𐦲𐦡 kdke), [1] often Latinised as Candace (Ancient Greek: Κανδάκη, Kandakē), [1] was the Meroitic term for the sister of the king of Kush who, due to the matrilineal succession, would bear the next heir, making her a queen mother.
The Candaces of Meroe - World History Encyclopedia
2018年3月19日 · A “Candace, queen of the Ethiopians” is mentioned in the Bible when the apostle Philip meets “a eunuch of great authority” under her reign and converts him to Christianity (Acts 8:27-39). In this passage, as in other ancient works mentioning the Candace, the royal title has often been confused with a personal name.
Biblical People: Queen Candace | Women in the Bible - A Bible A …
2021年9月12日 · Candace is the queen of Ethiopia. That’s all we know about her. Some translations don’t even give her name, but instead call her the Kandake, which means the queen of Ethiopia. An important member of her cabinet, the treasurer, is in Jerusalem to worship God.
Women of the Word: Candace, Queen of the Ethiopians
2016年3月29日 · Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, heard the Gospel of Jesus the Christ and believed. With all her wealth and power, Candace recognized that there was something more to life. She had hundreds, if not thousands, of people under her rule, yet she realized that there was still Someone greater than she.
Candace, Queen of the Ethiopians - Gospel Gazette
Candace -- the queen of the Ethiopians whose "eunuch" or chamberlain was converted to Christianity by the instrumentality of Philip the evangelist (Acts 8:27). The country which she ruled was called by the Greeks Meroe, in Upper Nubia.
The Kandake: A Missing History - CBE International
2023年11月2日 · Without question, one casualty of Western biblical scholarship has been the Kandake (Queen of Ethiopia, pronounced Kan-dák-e, often spelled “Candace”) in Acts 8:27. As a result, the matriarchal history of Africa as it concerns the establishment of Christianity on that continent has also been neglected.
Candace - Encyclopedia of The Bible - Bible Gateway
CANDACE, kăn’ də sĭ (Κανδάκη, G2833). The title of the queen of Ethiopia, whose treasurer was baptized between Jerusalem and Gaza by Philip the evangelist (Acts 8:26, 27). By Ethiopia is meant the kingdom of Nubia in the N Sudan, whose capital was Meroë. Classical writers refer to several queens of Meroë in the 1st cent.
Candace - Biblical Cyclopedia
Upon the relief [on the monument at Kalabshe] representing the conquest of Ethiopia by Sesostris, there is a queen, with her sons, who appears before him as a captive" (Heeren, On the Nations of Africa, 2:399). The name Candace, or Kandahai, appears on the Egyptian monuments on a royal cartouche, followed by the determinative sign for a woman.
Candace - Encyclopedia.com
2018年5月11日 · Candace (kăn´dəsē, kăndā´sē), title for queens in ancient Ethiopia. One of them made war (c.22 BC) on the Roman governor of Egypt, who defeated her and destroyed Napata, her capital. Another Candace is mentioned in the Bible as the queen of the eunuch converted by Philip (Acts 8.27–39).
Candace | Catholic Answers Encyclopedia
Candace, name of the Ethiopian queen whose eunuch was baptized by St. Philip (Acts, viii, 27 sqq.). The name occurs in a ruined pyramid near ancient Meroe (Lips...
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