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Lexicon :: Strong's H3569 - kûšî

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כּוּשִׁי
Transliteration
kûšî
Pronunciation
koo-shee'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Patronymically from כּוּשׁ (H3568)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 969a

Strong’s Definitions

כּוּשִׁי Kûwshîy, koo-shee'; patronymically from H3568; a Cushite, or descendant of Cush:—Cushi, Cushite, Ethiopian(-s).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's H3569 in the following manner: Ethiopian (15x), Cushi (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's H3569 in the following manner: Ethiopian (15x), Cushi (8x).

  1. Cushi or Ethiopian = see Cushan "their blackness"

    1. one of the descendants of Cush the grandson of Noah through Ham and a member of that nation or people

    2. one of Joab's couriers

    3. (TWOT) Ethiopian

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כּוּשִׁי Kûwshîy, koo-shee'; patronymically from H3568; a Cushite, or descendant of Cush:—Cushi, Cushite, Ethiopian(-s).
STRONGS H3569: Abbreviations
† I. כּוּשִׁי adjective, of a people of I. כּוּשׁ; — masculine כּוּשִׁי Jeremiah 13:23 13 times; feminine כֻּשִׁית [H3571 Numbers 12:1] (twice in verse); plural כּוּשִׁים Zephaniah 2:12 6 times; כֻּשִֿׁים Daniel 11:43; כֻּשִׁיִּים Amos 9:7; —
a. singular agreeing with noun [H3571 Numbers 12:1] (twice in verse) (E; only here feminine).
b. = substantive, a Cushite Jeremiah 13:23.
c. id. with article, the Cushite, of Joab's adjutant 2 Samuel 18:21 (twice in verse) (where read חַכּ׳, for MT כ׳, We Dr Kit Bu), 2 Samuel 18:22; 2 Samuel 18:23; 2 Samuel 18:31; 2 Samuel 18:31; 2 Samuel 18:32; 2 Samuel 18:32; in apposition with proper name Jeremiah 38:7, Jeremiah 38:10, Jeremiahs 38:12; Jeremiah 39:16; 2 Chronicles 14:8 [2 Chronicles 14:9]
d. plural כּוּשִׁים(הַ) = substantive Zephaniah 2:12; 2 Chronicles 12:3; 2 Chronicles 14:11 [2 Chronicles 14:12] (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 14:12 [2 Chronicles 14:13]; 2 Chronicles 16:8; 2 Chronicles 21:16; so כֻּשִֿׁים Daniel 11:43, כֻּשִׁיִּים (si vera lectio) Amos 9:7.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

18:21; 18:22; 18:23; 18:31; 18:31; 18:32; 18:32

2 Chronicles

12:3; 14:9; 14:12; 14:13; 16:8; 21:16

Jeremiah

13:23; 13:23; 38:7; 38:10; 38:12; 39:16

Daniel

11:43; 11:43

Amos

9:7; 9:7

Zephaniah

2:12; 2:12

H3569

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3569 matches the Hebrew כּוּשִׁי (kûšî),
which occurs 23 times in 19 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:21 - Then Joab said to a man from Ethiopia,[fn] “Go tell the king what you have seen.” The man bowed and ran off.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:22 - But Ahimaaz continued to plead with Joab, “Whatever happens, please let me go, too.”
“Why should you go, my son?” Joab replied. “There will be no reward for your news.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:23 - “Yes, but let me go anyway,” he begged.
Joab finally said, “All right, go ahead.” So Ahimaaz took the less demanding route by way of the plain and ran to Mahanaim ahead of the Ethiopian.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:31 - Then the man from Ethiopia arrived and said, “I have good news for my lord the king. Today the LORD has rescued you from all those who rebelled against you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:32 - “What about young Absalom?” the king demanded. “Is he all right?”
And the Ethiopian replied, “May all of your enemies, my lord the king, both now and in the future, share the fate of that young man!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:3 - He came with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horses,[fn] and a countless army of foot soldiers, including Libyans, Sukkites, and Ethiopians.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:9 - Once an Ethiopian[fn] named Zerah attacked Judah with an army of 1,000,000 men[fn] and 300 chariots. They advanced to the town of Mareshah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:12 - So the LORD defeated the Ethiopians[fn] in the presence of Asa and the army of Judah, and the enemy fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:13 - Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar, and so many Ethiopians fell that they were unable to rally. They were destroyed by the LORD and his army, and the army of Judah carried off a vast amount of plunder.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:8 - Don’t you remember what happened to the Ethiopians[fn] and Libyans and their vast army, with all of their chariots and charioteers?[fn] At that time you relied on the LORD, and he handed them over to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 21:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:16 - Then the LORD stirred up the Philistines and the Arabs, who lived near the Ethiopians,[fn] to attack Jehoram.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:23 - Can an Ethiopian[fn] change the color of his skin?
Can a leopard take away its spots?
Neither can you start doing good,
for you have always done evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:7 - But Ebed-melech the Ethiopian,[fn] an important court official, heard that Jeremiah was in the cistern. At that time the king was holding court at the Benjamin Gate,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:10 - So the king told Ebed-melech, “Take thirty of my men with you, and pull Jeremiah out of the cistern before he dies.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:12 - Ebed-melech called down to Jeremiah, “Put these rags under your armpits to protect you from the ropes.” Then when Jeremiah was ready,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:16 - “Say to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian,[fn] ‘This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: I will do to this city everything I have threatened. I will send disaster, not prosperity. You will see its destruction,

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:43

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:43 - He will gain control over the gold, silver, and treasures of Egypt, and the Libyans and Ethiopians[fn] will be his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:7 - “Are you Israelites more important to me
than the Ethiopians?[fn]” asks the LORD.
“I brought Israel out of Egypt,
but I also brought the Philistines from Crete[fn]
and led the Arameans out of Kir.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:12 - “You Ethiopians[fn] will also be slaughtered
by my sword,” says the LORD.
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