Word Study · Strong's G128 · Greek
Αἰθίοψ
Aithiops
ahee-thee'-ops
Strong's 1890 spelling: Aithíops
“an Æthiopian (as a blackamoor)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
an Æthiopian (as a blackamoor)
Rendered in the KJV as
Ethiopian.
- 2occurrencesin the New Testament
- 1 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- Αἰθιόπων,1
- Αἰθίοψ1
How it is rendered · 2
- an Ethiopian1
- of Ethiopians,1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-GPM-LG · 1
- N-NSM-LG · 1
All 2, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Acts2 occurrences
- Acts 8:27Αἰθίοψaithiopsnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularSo he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,here: an Ethiopian
- Acts 8:27Αἰθιόπων,aithiopōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralSo he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,here: of Ethiopians,