ETHIOPIA
country of burnt faces; the Greek word by which the Hebrew Cush is rendered (Gen. 2:13; 2-Kings 19:9; Esther 1:1; Job 28:19; Psa 68:31;87:4), a country which lay to the south of Egypt, beginning at Syene on the First Cataract (Ezek. 29:10;30:6), and extending to beyond the confluence of the White and Blue Nile. It corresponds generally with what is now known as the Soudan (i.e., the land of the bl......
ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH
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 (Act 8:27). 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. ......
ETHIOPIAN WOMAN
the wife of Moses (Num. 12:1). It is supposed that Zipporah, Moses' first wife (Exo 2:21), was now dead. His marriage of this "woman" descended from Ham gave offence to Aaron and Miriam. ......