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This area is often associated with the modern-day regions of Sudan and Ethiopia. The Ethiopians are mentioned several times throughout the Scriptures, and their interactions with the Israelites provide insight into the historical and spiritual context of the biblical narrative.<br><br><b>Biblical References:</b><br><br>1. <b>Genealogy and Early Mentions:</b><br> The descendants of Cush, the son of Ham, are mentioned in the Table of Nations in <a href="/genesis/10-6.htm">Genesis 10:6-8</a>. Cush is identified as the father of Nimrod, a mighty hunter and ruler. This genealogical reference establishes the Ethiopians as part of the broader narrative of the nations descended from Noah.<br><br>2. <b>Military Encounters:</b><br> The Ethiopians are noted for their military prowess. In <a href="/2_chronicles/14-9.htm">2 Chronicles 14:9-15</a>, Zerah the Ethiopian comes against King Asa of Judah with a vast army. Asa calls upon the LORD, and God grants him victory over the Ethiopians, demonstrating God's power and favor towards those who rely on Him: "Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God, 'LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God; do not let a mere mortal prevail against You.'" (<a href="/2_chronicles/14-11.htm">2 Chronicles 14:11</a>).<br><br>3. <b>Prophetic References:</b><br> The prophets often mention Ethiopia in the context of God's judgment and the eschatological hope for the nations. <a href="/bsb/isaiah/18.htm">Isaiah 18</a> speaks of a land "beyond the rivers of Cush," and <a href="/zephaniah/3-10.htm">Zephaniah 3:10</a> prophesies that the dispersed people of God will bring offerings from beyond the rivers of Cush, indicating a future inclusion of Ethiopians in the worship of the LORD.<br><br>4. <b>The Ethiopian Eunuch:</b><br> One of the most significant New Testament references to an Ethiopian is found in <a href="/acts/8-26.htm">Acts 8:26-40</a>. Philip the Evangelist encounters an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. The eunuch is reading from the book of Isaiah, and Philip explains the passage, leading to the eunuch's conversion and baptism. This event highlights the early spread of the Gospel beyond Jewish boundaries and the inclusion of Gentiles in the Christian faith.<br><br>5. <b>Symbol of Beauty and Strength:</b><br> In <a href="/jeremiah/13-23.htm">Jeremiah 13:23</a>, the Ethiopian is used metaphorically to illustrate the difficulty of changing one's inherent nature: "Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good—you who are accustomed to doing evil." This rhetorical question underscores the need for divine intervention in the transformation of the human heart.<br><br><b>Cultural and Historical Context:</b><br><br>The Ethiopians were known for their wealth, trade, and military strength. They were often seen as a powerful and distant nation, which added to their mystique in the biblical narrative. The interactions between the Israelites and the Ethiopians reflect the broader geopolitical dynamics of the ancient Near East, where alliances and conflicts were common.<br><br><b>Theological Significance:</b><br><br>The biblical references to Ethiopians serve to illustrate God's sovereignty over all nations and His plan for the inclusion of all peoples in His redemptive work. The account of the Ethiopian eunuch in Acts is particularly significant as it marks a pivotal moment in the early Church's mission to the Gentiles, demonstrating that the Gospel transcends ethnic and cultural boundaries.<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Ethiopian</span><p>properly "Cushite," (<a href="/jeremiah/13-23.htm">Jeremiah 13:23</a>) used of Zerah, (<a href="/2_chronicles/14-9.htm">2 Chronicles 14:9</a>) (8), and Ebed-melech. (<a href="/jeremiah/38-7.htm">Jeremiah 38:7,10,12</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/39-16.htm">39:16</a>)<a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>Ethiopian eunuch <p>The chief officer or prime minister of state of Candace (q.v.), queen of Ethiopia. He was converted to Christianity through the instrumentality of Philip (<a href="/acts/8-27.htm">Acts 8:27</a>). The northern portion of Ethiopia formed the kingdom of Meroe, which for a long period was ruled over by queens, and it was probably from this kingdom that the eunuch came. <p>Ethiopian woman<p>The wife of Moses (<a href="/numbers/12-1.htm">Numbers 12:1</a>). It is supposed that Zipporah, Moses' first wife (<a href="/exodus/2-21.htm">Exodus 2:21</a>), was now dead. His marriage of this "woman" descended from Ham gave offence to Aaron and Miriam. <a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>n.</I>) A native or inhabitant of Ethiopia.<p>2. (<I>a.</I>) Alt. of Ethiopic.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">CUSHITE WOMAN; ETHIOPIAN WOMAN</span><p>kush'-it: In <a href="/numbers/12-1.htm">Numbers 12:1</a> Moses is condemned by his sister Miriam and his brother Aaron "because of the Cushite woman ha-'ishshah ha-kushith whom he had married"; and the narrator immediately adds by way of needed explanation, "for he had married a Cushite woman" ('ishshah khushith). Views regarding this person have been of two general classes:<br><br>(1) She is to be identified with Zipporah (<a href="/exodus/2-21.htm">Exodus 2:21</a> and elsewhere), Moses' Midianite wife, who is here called "the Gushite," either in scorn of her dark complexion (compare <a href="/jeremiah/13-23.htm">Jeremiah 13:23</a>) and foreign origin (so most older exegetes), or as a consequence of an erroneous notion of the late age when this apocryphal addition, "because of the Cushite," etc., was inserted in the narrative (so Wellhansen).<br><br>(2) She is a woman whom Moses took to wife after the death of Zipporah, really a Cushite (Ethiopian) by race, whether the princess of Meroe of whom Josephus (Ant., II, x, 2) romances (so Targum of Jonathan), or one of the "mixed multitude" (<a href="/exodus/12-38.htm">Exodus 12:38</a>; compare <a href="/numbers/11-4.htm">Numbers 11:4</a>) that accompanied the Hebrews on their wanderings (so Ewald and most). Dillmann suggests a compromise between the two classes of views, namely, that this woman is a mere "variation in the saga" from the wife elsewhere represented as Midianite, yet because of this variation she was understood by the author as distinct from Zipporah. The implication of the passage, in any case, is clearly that this connection of Moses tended to injure his prestige in the eyes of race-proud Hebrews, and, equally, that in the author's opinion such a view of the matter was obnoxious to God.<br><br>J. Oscar Boyd<p><span class="encheading">ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH</span><p>e-thi-o'-pi-an u'-nuk eunouchos:<br><br>A man who occupied a leading position as treasurer at the court of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, and who was converted and baptized by Philip the deacon (<a href="/acts/8-27.htm">Acts 8:27-39</a>). Being a eunuch, he was not in the full Jewish communion (compare <a href="/deuteronomy/23-1.htm">Deuteronomy 23:1</a>), but had gone up to Jerusalem to worship, probably as a proselyte at the gate. During his return journey he spent the time in studying Isaiah, the text which he used being that of the Septuagint (compare Professor Margoliouth, article "Ethiopian Eunuch" in HDB). On meeting with Philip the deacon, who was on his way to Gaza, he besought of him to shed light upon the difficulties of the Scripture he was reading, and through this was converted. The place of his baptism, according to Jerome and Eusebius, was Bethsura: by some modern authorities, eg. G A. Smith, it has been located at or near Gaza. The verse containing the confession of the eunuch, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God," is omitted either in whole or in part by some texts, but Hilgenfeld, Knowling, etc., regard it as quite in keeping with the context. Tischendorf, Westcott and Hort, Revised Version (British and American) text, etc., uphold the omission. The verse occurs in the body of the King James Version, but is given only as a footnote in the Revised Version (British and American) and the American Standard Revised Version. The diligence with which the eunuch pursued his reading, the earnestness with which he inquired of Philip, and the promptness with which he asked for baptism-all testify to the lofty nature of his character.<br><br>C. M. Kerr<p><span class="encheading">ZERAH (THE ETHIOPIAN)</span><p>(zerach ha-kushi (<a href="/2_chronicles/14-9.htm">2 Chronicles 14:9</a>); Zare): A generation ago the entire story of Zerah's conquest of Asa, coming as it did from a late source (<a href="/2_chronicles/14-9.htm">2 Chronicles 14:9-15</a>), was regarded as "apocryphal": "If the incredibilities are deducted nothing at all is left" (Wellhausen, Prolegomena to the History of Israel, 207, 208); but most modern scholars, while accepting certain textual mistakes and making allowance for customary oriental hyperbole in description; accept this as an honest historical narrative, "nothing" in the Egyptian inscriptions being "inconsistent" with it (Nicol in BD; and compare Sayce, HCM, 362-64). The name "Zerah" is a "very likely corruption" of "Usarkon" (U-Serak-on), which it closely resembles (see Petrie, Egypt and Israel, 74), and most writers now identify Zerah with Usarkon II, though the Egyptian records of this particular era are deficient and some competent scholars still hold to Usarkon I (Wiedemann, Petrie, McCurdy, etc.). The publication by Naville (1891) of an inscription in which Usarkon II claims to have invaded "Lower and Upper Palestine" seemed to favor this Pharaoh as the victor over Asa; but the chronological question is difficult (Eighth Memoir of the Egyptian Exploration Fund, 51). The title "the Cushite" (Hebrew) is hard to understand. There are several explanations possible.<br><br>(1) Wiedemann holds that this may refer to a real Ethiopian prince, who, though unrecorded in the monuments, may have been reigning at the Asa era. There is so little known from this era "that it is not beyond the bounds of probability for an Ethiopian invader to have made himself master of the Nile Valley for a time" (Geschichte von Alt-Aegypten, 155).<br><br>(2) Recently it has been the fashion to refer this term "Cushite" to some unknown ruler in South or North Arabia (Winckler, Cheyne, etc.). The term "Cushite" permits this, for although it ordinarily corresponds to ETHIOPIA (which see), yet sometimes it designates the tract of Arabia which must be passed over in order to reach Ethiopia (Jeremias, The Old Testament in the Light of Ancient East, I, 280) or perhaps a much larger district (see BD; EB; Hommel, Ancient Hebrew Tradition; Winckler, KAT, etc.). This view, however, is forced to explain the geographical and racial terms in the narrative differently from the ordinary Biblical usage (see Cheyne, EB). Dr. W. M. Flinders Petrie points out that, according to the natural sense of the narrative, this army must have been Egyptian for<br><br>(a) after the defeat it fled toward Egypt, not eastward toward Arabia;<br><br>(b) the cities around Gerar (probably Egyptian towns on the frontier of Palestine), toward which they naturally fled when defeated, were plundered;<br><br>(c) the invaders were Cushim and Lubim (Libyans), and this could only be the case in an Egyptian army; (d) Mareshah is a well-known town close to the Egyptian frontier (History of Egypt, III, 242-43; compare Konig, Funf neue arab. Landschaftsnamen im Altes Testament, 53-57).<br><br>(3) One of the Usarkons might be called a "Cushite" in an anticipatory sense, since in the next dynasty (XXIII) Egypt was ruled by Ethiopian kings.<br><br>Camden M. Cobern<p><span class="encheading">ETHIOPIAN WOMAN</span><p>See <a href="../c/cushite.htm">CUSHITE WOMAN</a>.<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/128.htm"><span class="l">128. Aithiops -- <b>Ethiopian</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>Ethiopian</b>. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Aithiops Phonetic Spelling:<br> (ahee-thee'-ops) Short Definition: an <b>Ethiopian</b> Definition: an <b>Ethiopian</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/128.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/2226.htm"><span class="l">2226. Zerach -- three Israelites, also an Edomite, also an <b>...</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> Zerach. 2227 . three Israelites, also an Edomite, also an <b>Ethiopian</b>. Transliteration:<br> Zerach Phonetic Spelling: (zeh'-rakh) Short Definition: Zerah. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2226.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3569.htm"><span class="l">3569. Kushi -- descendant of Cush</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin from Kush Definition desc. of Cush NASB Word Usage Cushite (8), Ethiopia<br> (1), <b>Ethiopian</b> (6), Ethiopians (8). Cushi, Cushite, Ethiopians. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3569.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6322.htm"><span class="l">6322. Pul -- an Assyrian king</span></a><br><b>...</b> Pul, the name of an Assyrian king and of an <b>Ethiopian</b> tribe. Of foreign origin;<br> Pul, the name of an Assyrian king and of an <b>Ethiopian</b> tribe -- Pul. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6322.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7614.htm"><span class="l">7614. Sheba -- a territory in SW Arabia, also the name of one or <b>...</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> Sheba, Sabeans. Of foreign origin; Sheba, the name of three early progenitors of<br> tribes and of an <b>Ethiopian</b> district -- Sheba, Sabeans. 7613, 7614. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7614.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/ebedmelech_the_ethiopian.htm"><span class="l">Ebedmelech the <b>Ethiopian</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> EBEDMELECH THE <b>ETHIOPIAN</b>. <b>...</b> Ebedmelech is a singular anticipation of that other<br> <b>Ethiopian</b> eunuch whom Philip met on the desert road to Gaza. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/ebedmelech the ethiopian.htm</font><p><a href="/library/dick/lectures_on_the_acts_of_the_apostles/lecture_xi_the_conversion_of.htm"><span class="l">The Conversion of the <b>Ethiopian</b> Eunuch.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> LECTURES LECTURE XI. THE CONVERSION OF THE <b>ETHIOPIAN</b> EUNUCH. Chap. viii.26-40. <b>...</b> The<br> <b>Ethiopian</b> eunuch was a person of distinguished zeal and devotion. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../dick/lectures on the acts of the apostles/lecture xi the conversion of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/sherman/the_childrens_bible/philip_and_the_ethiopian.htm"><span class="l">Philip and the <b>Ethiopian</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> THE NEW TESTAMENT PHILIP AND THE <b>ETHIOPIAN</b>. When Stephen was stoned to<br> death a great persecution broke out against the church in <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/philip and the ethiopian.htm</font><p><a href="/library/peter/the_writings_of_peter_of_alexandria/canon_iv_to_those_who.htm"><span class="l">To those who are Altogether Reprobate, and Unrepentant, who <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Canon IV. To those who are altogether reprobate, and unrepentant, who<br> possess the <b>Ethiopian's</b> unchanging skin? To those who are <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../peter/the writings of peter of alexandria/canon iv to those who.htm</font><p><a href="/library/abbott/darius_the_great/chapter_ii_the_end_of.htm"><span class="l">The End of Cambyses.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Ethiopia."Island of Elephantine."The Icthyophagi."Classes of savage nations."<br> Embassadors sent to Ethiopia."The presents."The <b>Ethiopian</b> king detects <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/darius the great/chapter ii the end of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/origen/origen_against_celsus/chapter_xxxviii_i_wish_however.htm"><span class="l">I Wish, However, to Show How Celsus Asserts Without any Good <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> only of two gods, Jupiter and Bacchus, and worship these alone; and that the Arabians<br> also know only of two, viz., Bacchus, who is also an <b>Ethiopian</b> deity, and <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xxxviii i wish however.htm</font><p><a href="/library/theodoret/the_ecclesiastical_history_of_theodoret/chapter_xxii_conversion_of_the_indians.htm"><span class="l">Conversion of the Indians .</span></a> <br><b>...</b> I. 19, tas christianikas ektelein euchas. [416] "The king, if we identify the narrative<br> with the <b>Ethiopian</b> version of <b>...</b> of Christ. Biog., Art. <b>Ethiopian</b> Church). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter xxii conversion of the indians.htm</font><p><a href="/library/white/the_acts_of_the_apostles/lesson_11_the_gospel_in.htm"><span class="l">The Gospel in Samaria</span></a> <br><b>...</b> charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship, was returning,<br> and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet." This <b>Ethiopian</b> was a <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../white/the acts of the apostles/lesson 11 the gospel in.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_the_acts/a_meeting_in_the_desert.htm"><span class="l">A Meeting in the Desert</span></a> <br><b>...</b> divine command either to flee to, or to preach in, Samaria, but 'an angel of the<br> Lord' and afterwards 'the Spirit,' directed him to the <b>Ethiopian</b> statesman. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture the acts/a meeting in the desert.htm</font><p><a href="/library/josephus/the_antiquities_of_the_jews/chapter_7_that_the_king.htm"><span class="l">That the King of Babylon Repented of Making Jehoiachin King, and <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> to the neck in the mire which was all about him, and so continued; but there was<br> one of the king's servants, who was in esteem with him, an <b>Ethiopian</b> by descent <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 7 that the king.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/e/ethiopian.htm"><span class="l"><b>Ethiopian</b> (11 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Easton's Bible Dictionary <b>Ethiopian</b> eunuch. The chief officer or prime minister<br> of state of Candace (qv), queen of Ethiopia. <b>...</b><b>Ethiopian</b> woman. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/ethiopian.htm - 18k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/ebed-melech.htm"><span class="l">Ebed-melech (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> A servant of the king; probably an official title, an <b>Ethiopian</b>, "one of the eunuchs<br> which was in the king's house;" ie, in the palace of Zedekiah, king of <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/ebed-melech.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/ebedmelech.htm"><span class="l">Ebedmelech (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> A servant of the king; probably an official title, an <b>Ethiopian</b>, "one of the eunuchs<br> which was in the king's house;" ie, in the palace of Zedekiah, king of <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/ebedmelech.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/e'bed-mel'ech.htm"><span class="l">E'bed-Mel'ech (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Jeremiah 38:7 Now when Ebedmelech the <b>Ethiopian</b>, a eunuch, who was in the king's<br> house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king then sitting <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/e'bed-mel'ech.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/cush.htm"><span class="l">Cush (31 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Three branches of the Cushite or <b>Ethiopian</b> stock, moving from Western Asia,<br> settled in the regions contiguous to the Persian Gulf. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/cush.htm - 25k</font><p><a href="/topical/z/zerah.htm"><span class="l">Zerah (22 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Easton's Bible Dictionary Sunrise. (1.) An "<b>Ethiopian</b>," probably Osorkon II., the<br> successor of Shishak on the throne of Egypt. <b>...</b> ZERAH (THE <b>ETHIOPIAN</b>). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/z/zerah.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/mareshah.htm"><span class="l">Mareshah (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Easton's Bible Dictionary Possession, a city in the plain of Judah (John 15:44).<br> Here Asa defeated Zerah the <b>Ethiopian</b> (2 Chronicles 14:9, 10). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/mareshah.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/cushite.htm"><span class="l">Cushite (15 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> kush'-it: Whereas kushi, is elsewhere rendered <b>Ethiopian</b>, in 2 Samuel 18:21-32 it<br> is rendered Cushite in the Revised Version (British and American) (see CUSHI <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/cushite.htm - 14k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/ethiopic.htm"><span class="l">Ethiopic</span></a><br><b>...</b> histories of Egypt. The <b>Ethiopian</b> kings came from that country which is now<br> called Nubia in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. In Hellenistic <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/ethiopic.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/dungeon.htm"><span class="l">Dungeon (15 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Jeremiah 38:7 Now when Ebedmelech the <b>Ethiopian</b>, a eunuch, who was in the king's<br> house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king then sitting <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/dungeon.htm - 12k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Ethiopian-eunuch.html">Who was the Ethiopian eunuch? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Ethiopian-Orthodox-Church.html">What is the Ethiopian Orthodox Church? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Christianity-white-religion.html">Is Christianity a white man's religion? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/ethiopian.htm">Ethiopian: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Ethiopian (11 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/8-27.htm">Acts 8:27</a></span><br />He arose and went; and behold, there was a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/8-34.htm">Acts 8:34</a></span><br />And the <span class="boldtext">Ethiopian</span> said to Philip, About whom are these words said by the prophet? about himself, or some other?<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/8-36.htm">Acts 8:36</a></span><br />And while they were going on their way, they came to some water, and the <span class="boldtext">Ethiopian</span> said, See, here is water; why may I not have baptism?<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/8-39.htm">Acts 8:39</a></span><br />And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord took Philip away; and the <span class="boldtext">Ethiopian</span> saw him no more, for he went on his way full of joy.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/12-1.htm">Numbers 12:1</a></span><br />And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the <span class="boldtext">Ethiopian</span> woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. <br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/14-9.htm">2 Chronicles 14:9</a></span><br />There came out against them Zerah the <span class="boldtext">Ethiopian</span> with an army of a million troops, and three hundred chariots; and he came to Mareshah.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-23.htm">Jeremiah 13:23</a></span><br />Can the <span class="boldtext">Ethiopian</span> change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may you also do good, who are accustomed to do evil.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/38-7.htm">Jeremiah 38:7</a></span><br />Now when Ebedmelech the <span class="boldtext">Ethiopian</span>, a eunuch, who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin),<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/38-10.htm">Jeremiah 38:10</a></span><br />Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the <span class="boldtext">Ethiopian</span>, saying, Take from hence thirty men with you, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he dies.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/38-12.htm">Jeremiah 38:12</a></span><br />Ebedmelech the <span class="boldtext">Ethiopian</span> said to Jeremiah, Put now these rags and worn-out garments under your armpits under the cords. Jeremiah did so.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/39-16.htm">Jeremiah 39:16</a></span><br />Go, and speak to Ebedmelech the <span class="boldtext">Ethiopian</span>, saying, Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring my words on this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished before you in that day.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS RSV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/e/ethiopian.htm">Ethiopian</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/e/ethiopian_eunuch.htm">Ethiopian Eunuch</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/e/ethiopian_woman.htm">Ethiopian Woman</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/e/ebed-melech.htm">Ebed-melech (6 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a 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