Ethiopian eunuch
e-thi-o'-pi-an u'-nuk eunouchos): 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 (Acts 8:27-39). Being a eunuch, he was not
in the full Jewish communion (compare Dt 23:1), but had gone
up to Jerusalem to worship, probably as a pro...
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a Jewish proselyte, Ac 8:26 etc., who was treasurer of
Candace queen of Ethiopia, but who was converted to
Christianity on a visit to Jerusalem, through philip the
evangelist. Nothing is known of him after his return to
Ethiopia....
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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....
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