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Lexicon :: Strong's H3568 - kûš

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כּוּשׁ
Transliteration
kûš
Pronunciation
koosh
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably of foreign origin
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TWOT Reference: 969

Strong’s Definitions

כּוּשׁ Kûwsh, koosh; probably of foreign origin; Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory; also of an Israelite:—Chush, Cush, Ethiopia.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x

The KJV translates Strong's H3568 in the following manner: Ethiopia (19x), Cush (8x), Ethiopians (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x
The KJV translates Strong's H3568 in the following manner: Ethiopia (19x), Cush (8x), Ethiopians (3x).

  1. Cush = "black"

    proper masculine noun

    1. a Benjamite mentioned only in the title of Ps 7

    2. the son of Ham and grandson of Noah and the progenitor of the southernmost peoples located in Africa

    3. the peoples descended from Cush

      proper locative noun

    4. the land occupied by the descendants of Cush located around the southern parts of the Nile (Ethiopia)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כּוּשׁ Kûwsh, koosh; probably of foreign origin; Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory; also of an Israelite:—Chush, Cush, Ethiopia.
STRONGS H3568: Abbreviations
† I. כּוּשׁ proper name, masculine person, of a people and territory (Egyptian Kœš, SteindorffBAS i, 593, Assyrian Kûsu, Idib. DlPa 251; Kaši in Tel Amarna tablets, see WklTel Am. 39*); —
1. 1st 'son' of חָם Genesis 10:6, 7 (P) = 1 Chronicles 1:8, 9, Greek Version of the LXX Ξους, Vulgate Chus, from whom descended according to these verses the southernmost peoples known to Hebrews.
2. land and people of southern Nile-valley, or Upper Egypt, extending from Syene (Ezekiel 29:10) indefinitely to the south, Greek Version of the LXX Αιθιοπια, Αιθιοπες:
a. the land Isaiah 11:11; Isaiah 18:1; Zephaniah 3:10; Ezekiel 29:10; Job 28:19; Esther 1:1; Esther 8:9.
b. the people Isaiah 20:4; Jeremiah 46:9; Ezekiel 38:5; personified Psalm 68:32.
c. indeterminate, either land or people, or including both: Isaiah 20:3, 5; Isaiah 43:3; Isaiah 45:14; 2 Kings 19:9 = Isaiah 37:9; Nahum 3:9; Ezekiel 30:4, 5, 9; Psalm 87:4 (Greek Version of the LXX λαὸς Αιθιοπων).
3. in Genesis 10:8 (J) = 1 Chronicles 1:10 כּוּשׁ is error for כַּשׁ = Babylonian Kaššu, according to SchrCOT on Genesis 10:6, DlPa 51 ff. 72 f. and most Assyriologists; so perhaps also Genesis 2:13 (J), yet see HptÜber Ld. u. Meer, 1894-5, No. 15.

II. כּוּשׁ proper name, masculine a Benjamite, Psalm 7:1 (title), Greek Version of the LXX Χουσει υιὁῦ Ιεμενει.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:13; 10:6; 10:6; 10:7; 10:8

2 Kings

19:9

1 Chronicles

1:8; 1:9; 1:10

Esther

1:1; 8:9

Job

28:19

Psalms

7:1; 68:32; 87:4

Isaiah

11:11; 18:1; 20:3; 20:4; 20:5; 37:9; 43:3; 45:14

Jeremiah

46:9

Ezekiel

29:10; 29:10; 30:4; 30:5; 30:9; 38:5

Nahum

3:9

Zephaniah

3:10

H3568

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Strong's Number H3568 matches the Hebrew כּוּשׁ (kûš),
which occurs 30 times in 30 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:13 - And the name of the second river is Gihon: that is it which surrounds the whole land of Cush.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:6 - And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:7 - And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:8 - And Cush begot Nimrod: he began to be mighty on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:9 - And he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he has come forth to make war with thee. And he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:8 - The sons of Ham: Cush and Mizraim, Phut and Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:9 - -- And the sons of Cush: Seba and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raama, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:10 - And Cush begot Nimrod: he began to be mighty on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:1 - And it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (that is, the Ahasuerus that reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces),

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9 - Then were the king's scribes called at that time, in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors, and the princes of the provinces which are from India even to Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people according to their language, and to the Jews according to their writing and according to their language.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:19 - The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be compared to it, neither shall it be set in the balance with pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:1 - {Shiggaion of David, which he sang to Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush the Benjaminite.} Jehovah my God, in thee have I trusted: save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:31 - Great ones shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall quickly stretch out her hands unto God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 87:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:4 - I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon among them that know me; behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia: this man was born there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:11 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to acquire the remnant of his people which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:1 - Ha! land shadowing with wings, which art beyond the rivers of Cush,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:3 - And Jehovah said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years, a sign and a wonder concerning Egypt and concerning Ethiopia,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:4 - so shall the king of Assyria lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot, and with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:5 - And they shall be terrified and ashamed of Ethiopia their confidence, and of Egypt their boast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:9 - And he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He has come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:3 - For I am Jehovah thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:14 - Thus saith Jehovah: The wealth of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall walk after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall bow down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, no other God. ...

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:9 - Go up, ye horses, and drive furiously, ye chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Phut that handle the shield, and the Ludim that handle the bow and bend it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:10 - Therefore behold, I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt deserts of wasteness and desolation, from Migdol to Syene, even unto the border of Ethiopia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:4 - And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and there shall be anguish in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be overthrown.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:5 - Cush, and Phut, and Lud, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the children of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:9 - In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships, to make careless Ethiopia afraid; and anguish shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for behold, it cometh!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:5 - Persia, Cush, and Phut with them, all of them with shield and helmet;

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:9 - Ethiopia was her strength, and Egypt, and it was infinite; Phut and the Libyans were her helpers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:10 - From beyond the rivers of Cush my suppliants, the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine oblation.
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