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Meaning of ETHIOPIA

Pronunciation:  `eethee'owpeeu

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia
 
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 Synonyms: Abyssinia, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Yaltopya
 
 See Also: Addis Ababa, Africa, African country, African nation, capital of Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Horn of Africa, New Flower, Somali peninsula

 

 

Easton Bible Dictionary
 
 Definition: 

country of burnt faces; the Greek word by which the Hebrew Cush is rendered (Gen. 2:13; 2 Kings 19:9; Esther 1:1; Job 28:19; Ps. 68:31; 87:4), a country which lay to the south of Egypt, beginning at Syene on the First Cataract (Ezek. 29:10; 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 Isa. 18:1; Zeph. 3:10. They carried on some commercial intercourse with it (Isa. 45:14).

Its inhabitants were descendants of Ham (Gen. 10:6; Jer. 13:23; Isa. 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 (Ps. 68:31; 87:4; Isa. 45:14; Ezek. 30:4-9; Dan. 11:43; Nah. 3:8-10; Hab. 3:7; Zeph. 2:12).

 
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Glossary
 
 Definition:  blackness; heat
 
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