Lexicon :: Strong's H3568 - kûš

the sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim [from whom descended the Egyptians], Put, and Canaan;

The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

It was in the days of Ahasuerus ([fn]Xerxes) who reigned from India to Ethiopia (Cush) over 127 provinces,

So the king’s scribes were called at that time in the third month (that is, the month of Sivan) on the twenty-third day; and it was written in accordance with everything that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews, to the chief rulers (satraps), and the governors and officials of the provinces which extended from India to Ethiopia (Cush), 127 provinces, to every province in its own script (writing), and to every people in their own language and to the Jews according to their script and their language.

“The topaz of Ethiopia cannot compare with it,

Nor can it be valued in pure gold.

An [fn]Ode of David, [perhaps in a wild, irregular, enthusiastic strain,] which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite.

O LORD my God, in You I take refuge;

Save me and rescue me from all those who pursue me,

Princes and envoys shall come from Egypt;

Ethiopia will quickly stretch out her hands [with the offerings of submission] to God.

“I will mention Rahab (Egypt) and Babylon among those who know Me—

Behold, Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia (Cush)—

‘This one was born there.’”

Then it will happen on that day that the Lord

Will again acquire with His hand a second time

The remnant of His people, who will remain,

From Assyria, from [Lower] Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush (Ethiopia), from Elam [in Persia], from Shinar [Babylonia], from Hamath [in Aram],

And from the coastlands bordering the [Mediterranean] Sea.

Woe (judgment is coming) to the land of [fn]whirring wings

Which is beyond the rivers of [fn]Cush (Ethiopia),

“For I am the LORD your God,

The Holy One of Israel, your Savior;

I have given Egypt [to the Babylonians] as your ransom,

Cush (ancient Ethiopia) and Seba [its province] in exchange for you.

For this is what the LORD says,

“The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush (ancient Ethiopia)

And the Sabeans, men of stature,

Will come over to you and they will be yours;

They will walk behind you, in chains [of subjection to you] they will come over,

And they will bow down before you;

They will make supplication to you, [humbly and earnestly] saying,

[fn]‘Most certainly God is with you, and there is no other,

No other God [besides Him].’”

Charge, you horses,

And drive like madmen, you chariots!

Let the warriors go forward:

Ethiopia and Put (Libya) who handle the shield,

And the Lydians who handle and bend the bow.

“A sword will come upon Egypt,

And anguish and trembling will be in Ethiopia (Cush),

When the slain fall in Egypt

And they [of Babylon] carry away her great mass of people and her riches

And her foundations are torn down.

“On that day [swift] messengers will go from Me in ships to frighten the careless and unsuspecting Ethiopians, and there will be anguish and trembling in them as in the day of [judgment for] Egypt; for behold, it is coming!”

Ethiopia was her strength,

And Egypt too, without limits.

[fn]Put and Lubim were among her helpers.

“From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia

My worshipers, [the descendants of] My dispersed ones,

Will bring My offerings.