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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 - The name of the second river is Gihon; it flows around the entire land of Cush [in Mesopotamia].

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:6 -

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:7

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:8 - Cush became the father of Nimrod; he became a mighty one on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:9 - When the king heard them say concerning Tirhakah king of [fn]Ethiopia, “Behold, he has come out to make war against you,” he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:8 -

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:9 - The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabteca. The sons of Raama: Sheba and Dedan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:10 - Cush became the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:1 -

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

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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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:19 -

“The topaz of Ethiopia cannot compare with it,

Nor can it be valued in pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:1 -

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,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:31 -

Princes and envoys shall come from Egypt;

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:4 -

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

Behold, Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia (Cush)—

‘This one was born there.’”

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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.

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

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:3 - And the LORD said, “Even as My servant Isaiah has walked [fn]stripped and barefoot for three years as a sign and forewarning concerning Egypt and Cush (Ethiopia),

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:4 - in the same way the king of Assyria will lead away the Egyptian captives and the Cushite exiles, young and old, stripped and barefoot, even with buttocks uncovered—to the [fn]shame of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:5 - “Then they will be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and Egypt their boast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:9 - And Sennacherib king of Assyria, heard them say concerning Tirhakah king of Cush (Ethiopia), “He has come out to fight against you.” And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

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“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.

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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].’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:9 -

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:10 - behold (hear this), therefore, I am against you and against your rivers (the Nile, its tributaries), and I will make the land of Egypt a complete waste and a desolation, from [northern] Migdol to [southern] [fn]Syene, even as far as the border of Ethiopia (Cush).

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:4

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“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.

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“Ethiopia (Cush), Put, Lud, all [fn]Arabia, Libya (Cub) and the people of the land of the covenant [the Jews who had taken refuge in Egypt] will fall with the Egyptians by the sword.”

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“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!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:5 - Persia (Iran), Cush (Ethiopia), and Put (Libya, N. Africa) with them, all of them with shield and helmet;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:9 -

Ethiopia was her strength,

And Egypt too, without limits.

[fn]Put and Lubim were among her helpers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:10 -

“From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia

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

Will bring My offerings.

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