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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 - et nomen fluvio secundo Geon ipse est qui circuit omnem terram Aethiopiae

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:6 - filii autem Ham Chus et Mesraim et Fut et Chanaan

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:7 - filii Chus Saba et Hevila et Sabatha et Regma et Sabathaca filii Regma Saba et Dadan

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:8 - porro Chus genuit Nemrod ipse coepit esse potens in terra

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:9 - cumque audisset de Tharaca rege Aethiopiae dicentes ecce egressus est ut pugnet adversum te et iret contra eum misit nuntios ad Ezechiam dicens

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:8 - filii Ham Chus et Mesraim Phut et Chanaan

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:9 - filii autem Chus Saba et Evila Sabatha et Rechma et Sabathaca porro filii Rechma Saba et Dadan

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:10 - Chus autem genuit Nemrod iste coepit esse potens in terra

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:1 - in diebus Asueri qui regnavit ab India usque Aethiopiam super centum viginti septem provincias

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9 - accitisque scribis et librariis regis erat autem tempus tertii mensis qui appellatur siban vicesima et tertia illius die scriptae sunt epistulae ut Mardocheus voluerat ad Iudaeos et ad principes procuratoresque et iudices qui centum viginti septem provinciis ab India usque Aethiopiam praesidebant provinciae atque provinciae populo et populo iuxta linguas et litteras suas et Iudaeis ut legere poterant et audire

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:19 - non adaequabitur ei topazium de Aethiopia nec tincturae mundissimae conponetur

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:1 - pro ignoratione David quod cecinit Domino super verbis Aethiopis filii Iemini [Vulgate 7:2] Domine Deus meus in te speravi salva me ab omnibus persequentibus me et libera me

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:31 - [Vulgate 67:32] offerant velociter ex Aegypto Aethiopia festinet dare manus Deo

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 87:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:4 - [Vulgate 86:4] commemorabo superbiae et Babylonis scientes me ecce Palestina et Tyrus cum Aethiopia iste natus est ibi

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:11 - et erit in die illa adiciet Dominus secundo manum suam ad possidendum residuum populi sui quod relinquetur ab Assyriis et ab Aegypto et a Fetros et ab Aethiopia et ab Aelam et a Sennaar et ab Emath et ab insulis maris

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:1 - vae terrae cymbalo alarum quae est trans flumina Aethiopiae

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:3 - et dixit Dominus sicut ambulavit servus meus Isaias nudus et disculciatus trium annorum signum et portentum erit super Aegyptum et super Aethiopiam

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:4 - sic minabit rex Assyriorum captivitatem Aegypti et transmigrationem Aethiopiae iuvenum et senum nudam et disculciatam discopertis natibus ignominiam Aegypti

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:5 - et timebunt et confundentur ab Aethiopia spe sua et ab Aegypto gloria sua

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:9 - et audivit de Tharaca rege Aethiopiae dicentes egressus est ut pugnet contra te quod cum audisset misit nuntios ad Ezechiam dicens

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:3 - quia ego Dominus Deus tuus Sanctus Israhel salvator tuus dedi propitiationem tuam Aegyptum Aethiopiam et Saba pro te

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:14 - haec dicit Dominus labor Aegypti et negotiatio Aethiopiae et Sabaim viri sublimes ad te transibunt et tui erunt post te ambulabunt vincti manicis pergent et te adorabunt teque deprecabuntur tantum in te est Deus et non est absque te deus

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:9 - ascendite equos et exultate in curribus et procedant fortes Aethiopia et Lybies tenentes scutum et Lydii arripientes et iacientes sagittas

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:10 - idcirco ecce ego ad te et ad flumina tua daboque terram Aegypti in solitudines gladio dissipatam a turre Syenes usque ad terminos Aethiopiae

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:4 - et veniet gladius in Aegyptum et erit pavor in Aethiopia cum ceciderint vulnerati in Aegypto et ablata fuerit multitudo illius et destructa fundamenta eius

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:5 - Aethiopia et Lybia et Lydii et omne reliquum vulgus et Chub et filii terrae foederis cum eis gladio cadent

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:9 - in die illa egredientur nuntii a facie mea in trieribus ad conterendam Aethiopiae confidentiam et erit pavor in eis in die Aegypti quia absque dubio veniet

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:5 - Persae Aethiopes et Lybies cum eis omnes scutati et galeati

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:9 - Aethiopia fortitudo et Aegyptus et non est finis Africa et Lybies fuerunt in auxilio tuo

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:10 - ultra flumina Aethiopiae inde supplices mei filii dispersorum meorum deferent munus mihi
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