How is "Candace" pronounced?

[KingsGambit]

We had a reading from Acts 8 last Sunday, and the reader pronounced it "Can-dake". I had always assumed it was just pronounced like the normal given name Can-duss (as in Candace Cameron Bure). A quick search suggested it comes from an Ethiopian term "kandake", so perhaps the reader was actually correct?

[tabibito]

We had a reading from Acts 8 last Sunday, and the reader pronounced it "Can-dake". I had always assumed it was just pronounced like the normal given name Can-duss (as in Candace Cameron Bure). A quick search suggested it comes from an Ethiopian term "kandake", so perhaps the reader was actually correct?

In Greek, karn dark tray is one possibility - the Greek κανδακη is a transliteration, which would only approximate the original. IIRC, it is not a name, but a title.

ETA: a king's sister, and mother of the heir to the throne.

[Faber]

Like Peter's name, everybody pronounces is like see-phus. But from the Aramaic, it's really Kepha. James is really Yakov. Moses is really Moshekh. Isaiah is really Yeshayahu. Mary is Miriam. Laodicea is Laodikea. Bethlehem is Beit Lechem (hard "ch"). It can go on and on.

[Cow Poke]

Like Peter's name, everybody pronounces is like see-phus. But from the Aramaic, it's really Kepha. James is really Yakov. Moses is really Moshekh. Isaiah is really Yeshayahu. Mary is Miriam. Laodicea is Laodikea. Bethlehem is Beit Lechem (hard "ch"). It can go on and on.

Whatever what you pronounce it, just do so with confidence. People will shrug and say, "oh, so THAT's how you say it".

[Ronson]

Maybe just add an "n" to it. "Can Dance."

[Sparko]

It is actually "Kandake" in the NIV

Acts 8:27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian[fn] eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means “queen of the Ethiopians”). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship,

[Cow Poke]

It is actually "Kandake" in the NIV

Acts 8:27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian[fn] eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means “queen of the Ethiopians”). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship,

Thanks a whole lot, Sparko - now I'm hungry for pancakes.

and bacon

[rogue06]

I'm reminded of a particularly blue remark by George Carlin about how someone can spell their name any way they want and still pronounce it "Smith."

[Sparko]

I pronounce Sparko as "King of Tweb and banner of rogue06"

[tabibito]

Maybe just add an "n" to it. "Can Dance."

Adding "n" makes kandake something that is acted on by the verb (direct object).

[tabibito]

It is actually "Kandake" in the NIV

Acts 8:27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian[fn] eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means “queen of the Ethiopians”). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship,

a good reason for caution before relying on translations that add bits to the text. She would have been the queen mother or dowager queen, with her own court.

[Cow Poke]

I pronounce Sparko as "King of Tweb and banner of rogue06"

Yet he is still here.

[Sparko]

Yet he is still here.

Well it was temporary and I had to ban everyone from tweb besides myself to do it. But it was done!!!! banned!!!
(it was the only way I could stop the DDOS attack we were under)

So you better pronounce my name correctly!!! Or I will consider it hate speech!!!

[Ronson]

Well it was temporary and I had to ban everyone from tweb besides myself to do it. But it was done!!!! banned!!!
(it was the only way I could stop the DDOS attack we were under)

So you better pronounce my name correctly!!! Or I will consider it hate speech!!!

Working like a champ now, so it was a good job