Ethiopia @ country of burnt faces; the Greek word by which the Hebrew Cush is rendered Genesis:2:13; 2Kings:19:9; Esther:1:1; Job:28:19; Psalms:68:31Psalms:87:4), a country which lay to the south of Egypt, beginning at Syene on the First Cataract Ezekiel:29:10Ezekiel: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 blacks). This country was known to the Hebrews, and is described in Isaiah:18:1; Zephaniah:3:10. They carried on some commercial intercourse with it Isaiah:45:14). Its inhabitants were descendants of Ham Genesis:10:6; Jeremiah:13:23; Isaiah:18:2, "scattered and peeled," A.V.; but in R.V., "tall and smooth"). Herodotus, the Greek historian, describes them as "the tallest and handsomest of men." They are frequently represented on Egyptian monuments, and they are all of the type of the true negro. As might be expected, the history of this country is interwoven with that of Egypt. Ethiopia is spoken of in prophecy Psalms:68:31Psalms:87:4; Isaiah:45:14; Ezekiel:30:4-9; Daniel:11:43; Nahum:3:8-10; Habakkuk:3:7; Zephaniah:2:12).
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 Numbers:12:1). It is supposed that Zipporah, Moses' first wife Exodus:2:21), was now dead. His marriage of this "woman" descended from Ham gave offence to Aaron and Miriam.
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