Africa
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Africa (1 Occurrence)

Acts 2:10 of Egypt or of the parts of Africa towards Cyrene. Others are visitors from Rome--being either Jews or converts from heathenism--and others are Cretans or Arabians. (WEY)

Thesaurus
Africa (1 Occurrence)
...AFRICA. ... Other portions of Africa known to the Hebrews were Cush or Ethiopia, and
Put, whose inhabitants they regarded as belonging to the Hamitic stock. ...
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Ophir (12 Occurrences)
... Ophir has been a subject of dispute, the claims of three different regions being
principally advanced, namely (1) India and the Far East, (2) Africa, (3) Arabia ...
/o/ophir.htm - 16k

Leopard (6 Occurrences)
... It is found in Southern Asia and Africa. By some the panther (Felis pardus) is regarded
as a variety of leopard. Int. ... some found in Africa or India. ...
/l/leopard.htm - 13k

Chameleon (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. (n.) A lizardlike reptile, changeable in appearance,
of the genus Chamaeleo, of several species, found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. ...
/c/chameleon.htm - 11k

Cush (31 Occurrences)
... But there are intimations which warrant the conclusion that there was also a Cush
in Africa, the Ethiopia (so called by the Greeks) of Africa. ...
/c/cush.htm - 25k

Zoology
... child shall put his hand on the adder's den." The fauna of Palestine is mainly European
and Asiatic, but resembles in some important points the fauna of Africa...
/z/zoology.htm - 18k

Camel (13 Occurrences)
... (2.) The Arabian camel or dromedary, from the Greek dromos, "a runner" (Isaiah
60:6; Jeremiah 2:23), has but one hump, and is a native of Western Asia or Africa...
/c/camel.htm - 21k

Nile (37 Occurrences)
... THE NILE IN RELIGION 1. The Nile as a God 2. The Nile in the Osirian Myth 3. The
Celestial Nile A river of North Africa, the great river of Egypt. ...
/n/nile.htm - 29k

Serpent (40 Occurrences)
... Typhlops vermicularis Merr., Greece and Southwestern Asia; T. simoni Bttgr., Palestine;
Eryx jaculus L., Greece, North Africa, Central and Southwestern Asia ...
/s/serpent.htm - 46k

Latin (2 Occurrences)
... The Motive of Translation 2. Multiplicity of Latin Translations in the 4th Century
3. The Latin Bible before Jerome 4. First Used in North Africa 5. Cyprian's ...
/l/latin.htm - 28k

Greek
3033. Libue -- "the west bank of the Nile," Libya, a region in N. ...
... << 3032, 3033. Libue. 3034 >>. "the west bank of the Nile," Libya, a region in N.
Africa. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: Libue Phonetic Spelling ...
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2957. Kurene -- Cyrene, a city in N. Africa
... Cyrene, a city in N. Africa. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: Kurene
Phonetic Spelling: (koo-ray'-nay) Short Definition: Cyrene Definition: Cyrene ...
/greek/2957.htm - 6k

688. Arabia -- Arabia, a peninsula of Asia near Africa
... Arabia, a peninsula of Asia near Africa. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration:
Arabia Phonetic Spelling: (ar-ab-ee'-ah) Short Definition: Arabia ...
/greek/688.htm - 6k

4950. Surtis -- "shoal," Syrtis, the name of two large sandbanks ...
... Transliteration: Surtis Phonetic Spelling: (soor'-tis) Short Definition: Syrtis,
quicksand Definition: Syrtis, a quicksand off the coast of North Africa. ...
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4949. Surophoinikissa -- a Syrophoenician (woman)
... rof-oy'-nis-sah) Short Definition: Syrophoenician Definition: Syrophoenician, ie
Phoenician (of Syria, in contrast to Carthage and its territory in North Africa ...
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Topical Bible Verses
Acts 1:8
But you shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come on you: and you shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and to the uttermost part of the earth.
Topicalbible.org—AKJV

Matthew 24:14
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness to all nations; and then shall the end come.
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
AFRICA

af'-ri-ka: The name of this tract, as a continent, does not occur in the Bible, and it was only in later days known as one of the quarters of the world, under the name of Libya-that portion opposite the coast of Greece and West of Egypt.

1. Africa as Known to the Ancients:

Naturally the most considerable part of Africa known to the Hebrews was Egypt itself, but Libya is regarded as being referred to under the names of Lehabim and Lubim (Ludim) (Genesis 10:13 2 Chronicles 12:3)-words indicating, as often with the Semites, not the country itself, but its inhabitants. Other portions of Africa known to the Hebrews were Cush or Ethiopia, and Put, whose inhabitants they regarded as belonging to the Hamitic stock. Canaan, also Cushite and therefore Hamitic, naturally did not belong to the African continent, showing that the divisions of then known world into "quarters" (Europe, Asia, Africa) had not taken place when the Table of the Nations (Genesis 10:1) was drawn up-indeed, these division were not apparently thought of until many centuries later. The Casluhim and the Naphtuhim (Genesis 10:13, 14) were in all probability African peoples, though their position is in general regarded as uncertain. For the Hebrews, to all appearance, the southernmost point of Africa was Cush or Ethiopia, called by the Assyrians and Babylonians Kusu and Meluhha (Meroe), which included the district now known as the Sudan, or Black region. The sons of Cush, and also those of his firstborn, Sheba, were all Arabian tribes, nominally under the domain of Mizraim or Egypt, and on this account classed with the descendants of Ham.

2. The Cushites and the Negroes:

It will thus be seen that the Negro districts were practically unknown to the ancient Hebrews, though men and women of Negro race must have come within their ken. It seems doubtful, therefore, whether there be, in the Bible, any reference to that race, either collectively or individually, the word Cushite standing, not for Negro, but for Ethiopian. This term is applied to Moses' (first) wife (Numbers 12:1), and it will probably be generally admitted, that the great Hebrew lawgiver is not likely to have espoused a Negro woman. The Ethiopian eunuch converted by Philip the Evangelist (Acts 8:26) was an official of Meroe, and an educated man, for he could read the Old Testament in the Greek(Septuagint) version. Commerce must have revealed to the Hebrews the whereabouts of the various peoples of Africa with whom they came into contact, and they acquired a personal knowledge of Egypt when the 12 tribes were in bondage there. During this period, it may be supposed, they saw from time to time visitors from the South-people who are not mentioned in the sacred books of the Old Testament because the Hebrews, as a nation, never came into contact with them. Apart from Egypt, the history of the portion of Africa known to the Hebrews was a chequered one, as it came successively under Egypt, Phoenicia, Greek and Roman civilization. That it was not overrun, or even influenced, by the barbarous tribes of the South, is due to the fact that the Mediterranean tract is isolated from the central (and southern) portion of that continent by the Sahara.

3. Hebrew Tradition:

In the Talmud it is related that Alexander penetrated Africa on Libyan asses to find a race of women, with whom he had conversation, and from whom, as he afterward confessed, being a fool, he learned wisdom-a legend suggesting some possible tradition of the Amazons of Dahomey. But even in the Talmud it is mainly the nearer (Northeast) portion of Africa which is referred to, the Africans, who had the reputation of being flat-footed, being associated with the Canaanites.

See also CUSH; ETHIOPIA; MIZRAIM.

T. G. Pinches

Strong's Hebrew
3864. Lubim -- inhab. of N. Africa
... of N. Africa. Transliteration: Lubim Phonetic Spelling: (loo-bee') Short Definition:
Lubim. ... of N. Africa NASB Word Usage Libya (1), Libyans (1), Lubim (3). ...
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4714. Mitsrayim -- a son of Ham, also his desc. and their country ...
... a son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in NW Africa. Transliteration: Mitsrayim
Phonetic Spelling: (mits-rah'-yim) Short Definition: Egypt. ...
/hebrew/4714.htm - 6k

Subtopics

Africa

African Americans

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Leopard (6 Occurrences)

Chameleon (1 Occurrence)

Cush (31 Occurrences)

Zoology

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Nile (37 Occurrences)

Serpent (40 Occurrences)

Latin (2 Occurrences)

Tyre (59 Occurrences)

Lion (92 Occurrences)

Wild (147 Occurrences)

Fallow-deer (2 Occurrences)

Fallowdeer (1 Occurrence)

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Pharaoh-necoh (3 Occurrences)

Behemoth (1 Occurrence)

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Phoenicians

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Semites

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Vulgate

Fly (33 Occurrences)

Arabia (9 Occurrences)

Afresh (5 Occurrences)

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Text (5 Occurrences)

Empire (8 Occurrences)

Manuscripts

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Egypt (596 Occurrences)

Malefactor (2 Occurrences)

Dispersion (4 Occurrences)

Red (124 Occurrences)

Nehelamite (4 Occurrences)

Quicksands (1 Occurrence)

Quail (5 Occurrences)

Versions

Ostrich (9 Occurrences)

Oak (22 Occurrences)

Jungle (4 Occurrences)

Jackal (3 Occurrences)

Libertines (1 Occurrence)

Lud (10 Occurrences)

Lucius (2 Occurrences)

Lotus (2 Occurrences)

Lubim (4 Occurrences)

Libya (4 Occurrences)

Locust (25 Occurrences)

Galbanum (1 Occurrence)

Gazelle (12 Occurrences)

Wood (226 Occurrences)

Intervene (1 Occurrence)

Ferret (1 Occurrence)

Fish (66 Occurrences)

Flies (16 Occurrences)

Thyine

Rhinoceros

Raven (7 Occurrences)

Egyptian (35 Occurrences)

Ethiopic

Elishah (3 Occurrences)

Desert (322 Occurrences)

Dye (1 Occurrence)

Drift (1 Occurrence)

Dyeing

Deer (15 Occurrences)

Manna (19 Occurrences)

Myrrh (22 Occurrences)

Melons (2 Occurrences)

Mizraim (5 Occurrences)

Buffalo (5 Occurrences)

Bittern (4 Occurrences)

Badger (9 Occurrences)

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