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Candace

People's Dictionary of the Bible

Candace (kăn'da-sç or kan-dâ'sç, Eng.,kan'dâs), sovereign of slaves? The name is a title of Ethiopian queens. Acts 8:27. Her chamberlain or treasurer, a eunuch, was met by Philip the evangelist on the road between Jerusalem and Gaza, and converted. Her kingdom was Upper Nubia.

Bibliography Information
Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Candace'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​c/candace.html. 1893.