Candace (ISBE)

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kan´da -sē ( Κανδάκη , Kandákē ): Queen of the Ethiopians (Acts 8:27 ). Pliny states that the name Candace had already been borne for many years by the queens of Ethiopia (vi,29). See ETHIOPIA . Her treasurer, "a eunuch of great authority," was baptized by Philip the Evangelist on his return from worshipping in Jerusalem.