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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 BoxGen 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:13 - And the name of the second river is Geon, this it is which encircles the whole land of Ethiopia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:6 - And the sons of Cham, Chus, and Mesrain, Phud, and Chanaan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:7 - And the sons of Chus, Saba, and Evila, and Sabatha, and Rhegma, and Sabathaca. And the sons of Rhegma, Saba, and Dadan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:8 - And Chus begot Nebrod: he began to be a giant upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:9 - And he heard concerning Tharaca king of the Ethiopians, saying, Behold, he is come forth to fight with thee: and he returned, and sent messengers to Ezekias, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:8 - And the sons of Cham, Chus, and Mesraim, Phud and Chanaan.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:9 - And the sons of Chus, Saba, and Evila, and Sabatha, and Regma, and Sebethaca: and the sons of Regma, Saba, and Dadan.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:10 - And Chus begot Nebrod: he began to be a mighty hunter on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:1 - (LXX 1:1s) And it came to pass after these things in the days of Artaxerxes,—(this Artaxerxes ruled over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces from India)—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9 - So the scribes were called in the first month, which is Nisan, on the three and twentieth day of the same year; and orders were written to the Jews, whatever the king had commanded to the local governors and chiefs of the satraps, from India even to Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty-seven satraps, according to the several provinces, according to their dialects.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:19 - The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equalled to it; it shall not be compared with pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:1 - A Psalm of David, which he sang to the Lord because of the words of Chusi the [fn]Benjamite. (LXX 7:2) O Lord my God, in thee have I trusted: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:31 - (LXX 67:32) Ambassadors shall arrive out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall hasten to stretch out her hand readily to God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:4 - (LXX 86:4) I will make mention of Raab and Babylon to them that know me: behold also the Philistines, and Tyre, and the people of the Ethiopians: these were born there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:11 - And it shall be in that day, that the Lord shall again shew his hand, to be zealous for the remnant that is left of the people, which shall be left by the Assyrians, and that from Egypt, and from the country of Babylon, and from Ethiopia, and from the Elamites, and from the rising of the sun, and out of Arabia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:1 - Woe to you, ye wings of the land of ships, beyond the rivers of Ethiopia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:3 - And the Lord said, As my servant Esaias has walked naked and barefoot three years, there shall be three years for signs and wonders to the Egyptians and Ethiopians;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:4 - for thus shall the king of the Assyrians lead the captivity of Egypt and the Ethiopians, young men and old, naked and barefoot, having the shame of Egypt exposed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:5 - And the Egyptians being defeated shall be ashamed of the Ethiopians, in whom they had trusted; for they were their glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:9 - And Tharaca king of the Ethiopians went forth to [fn]attack him. And when he heard it, he turned aside, and sent messengers to Ezekias, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:3 - For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, that saves thee: I have made Egypt and Ethiopia thy ransom, and given Soene for thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:14 - Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Egypt has laboured for thee; and the merchandise of the Ethiopians, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall pass over to thee, and shall be thy servants; and they shall follow after thee bound in fetters, and shall pass over to thee, and shall do obeisance to thee, and make supplication to thee: because God is in thee; and there is no God beside thee, O Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:9 - (LXX 26:9) Mount ye the horses, prepare the chariots; go forth, ye warriors of the Ethiopians, and Libyans armed with shields; and mount, ye Lydians, bend the bow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:10 - Therefore, behold, I am against thee, and against all thy rivers, and I will give up the land of Egypt to desolation, and the sword, and destruction, from Magdol and Syene even to the borders of the Ethiopians.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:4 - And a sword shall come upon the Egyptians, and there shall be tumult in Ethiopia, and in Egypt men shall fall down slain together, and her foundations shall fall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:5 - Persians, and Cretans, and Lydians, and Libyans, and all the mixed multitude, and they of the children of my covenant, shall fall by the sword therein.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:9 - In that day shall messengers go forth hasting to destroy Ethiopia utterly, and there shall be tumult among them in the day of Egypt: for, behold, it comes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:5 - Persians, and Ethiopians, and Libyans; all with helmets and shields.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:9 - And Ethiopia is her strength, and Egypt; and there was no limit of the flight of her enemies; and the Libyans became her helpers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:10 - From the boundaries of the rivers of Ethiopia will I receive my dispersed ones; they shall offer sacrifices to me.
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