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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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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 second branch, called the Gihon, flowed around the entire land of Cush.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:6 - The descendants of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:7 - The descendants of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:8 - Cush was also the ancestor of Nimrod, who was the first heroic warrior on earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:9 - Soon afterward King Sennacherib received word that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia[fn] was leading an army to fight against him. Before leaving to meet the attack, he sent messengers back to Hezekiah in Jerusalem with this message:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:8 - The descendants of Ham were Cush, Mizraim,[fn] Put, and Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:9 - The descendants of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:10 - Cush was also the ancestor of Nimrod, who was the first heroic warrior on earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:1 - These events happened in the days of King Xerxes,[fn] who reigned over 127 provinces stretching from India to Ethiopia.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9 - So on June 25[fn] the king’s secretaries were summoned, and a decree was written exactly as Mordecai dictated. It was sent to the Jews and to the highest officers, the governors, and the nobles of all the 127 provinces stretching from India to Ethiopia.[fn] The decree was written in the scripts and languages of all the peoples of the empire, including that of the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:19 - Precious peridot from Ethiopia[fn] cannot be exchanged for it.
It’s worth more than the purest gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:1 - A psalm of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush of the tribe of Benjamin.

I come to you for protection, O LORD my God.
Save me from my persecutors—rescue me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:31 - Let Egypt come with gifts of precious metals[fn];
let Ethiopia[fn] bow in submission to God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 87:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:4 - I will count Egypt[fn] and Babylon among those who know me—
also Philistia and Tyre, and even distant Ethiopia.[fn]
They have all become citizens of Jerusalem!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:11 - In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time
to bring back the remnant of his people—
those who remain in Assyria and northern Egypt;
in southern Egypt, Ethiopia,[fn] and Elam;
in Babylonia,[fn] Hamath, and all the distant coastlands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:1 - Listen, Ethiopia[fn]—land of fluttering sails[fn]
that lies at the headwaters of the Nile,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:3 - Then the LORD said, “My servant Isaiah has been walking around naked and barefoot for the last three years. This is a sign—a symbol of the terrible troubles I will bring upon Egypt and Ethiopia.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:4 - For the king of Assyria will take away the Egyptians and Ethiopians[fn] as prisoners. He will make them walk naked and barefoot, both young and old, their buttocks bared, to the shame of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:5 - Then the Philistines will be thrown into panic, for they counted on the power of Ethiopia and boasted of their allies in Egypt!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:9 - Soon afterward King Sennacherib received word that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia[fn] was leading an army to fight against him. Before leaving to meet the attack, he sent messengers back to Hezekiah in Jerusalem with this message:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:3 - For I am the LORD, your God,
the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.
I gave Egypt as a ransom for your freedom;
I gave Ethiopia[fn] and Seba in your place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:14 - This is what the LORD says:
“You will rule the Egyptians,
the Ethiopians,[fn] and the Sabeans.
They will come to you with all their merchandise,
and it will all be yours.
They will follow you as prisoners in chains.
They will fall to their knees in front of you and say,
‘God is with you, and he is the only God.
There is no other.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:9 - Charge, you horses and chariots;
attack, you mighty warriors of Egypt!
Come, all you allies from Ethiopia, Libya, and Lydia[fn]
who are skilled with the shield and bow!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:10 - I am now the enemy of both you and your river. I will make the land of Egypt a totally desolate wasteland, from Migdol to Aswan, as far south as the border of Ethiopia.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:4 - A sword will come against Egypt,
and those who are slaughtered will cover the ground.
Its wealth will be carried away
and its foundations destroyed.
The land of Ethiopia[fn] will be ravished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:5 - Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, all Arabia,[fn]
and all their other allies
will be destroyed in that war.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:9 - At that time I will send swift messengers in ships
to terrify the complacent Ethiopians.
Great panic will come upon them
on that day of Egypt’s certain destruction.
Watch for it!
It is sure to come!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:5 - Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya[fn] will join you, too, with all their weapons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:9 - Ethiopia[fn] and the land of Egypt
gave unlimited assistance.
The nations of Put and Libya
were among her allies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:10 - My scattered people who live beyond the rivers of Ethiopia[fn]
will come to present their offerings.
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