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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 name of the second river is the Gihon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Cush.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:6 - The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, 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. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:8 - Cush fathered Nimrod; he was the first on earth to be a mighty man.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:9 - Now the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, “Behold, he has set out to fight against you.” So he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:8 - The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, 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, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:10 - Cush fathered Nimrod. He was the first on earth to be a mighty man.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:1 - Now in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9 - The king’s scribes were summoned at that time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day. And an edict was written, according to all that Mordecai commanded concerning the Jews, to the satraps and the governors and the officials of the provinces from India to Ethiopia, 127 provinces, to each province in its own script and to each people in its own language, and also to the Jews in their script and their language.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:19 - The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it,
nor can it be valued in pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:1 - A Shiggaion[fn] of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjaminite.
O LORD my God, in you do I take refuge;
save me from all my pursuers and deliver me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:31 - Nobles shall come from Egypt;
Cush shall hasten to stretch out her hands to God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 87:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:4 - Among those who know me I mention Rahab and Babylon;
behold, Philistia and Tyre, with Cush[fn]—
“This one was born there,” they say.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:11 - In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush,[fn] from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:1 - Ah, land of whirring wings
that is beyond the rivers of Cush,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:3 - Then the LORD said, “As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and a portent against Egypt and Cush,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:4 - so shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptian captives and the Cushite exiles, both the young and the old, naked and barefoot, with buttocks uncovered, the nakedness of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:5

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:9 - Now the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of Cush,[fn] “He has set out to fight against you.” And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

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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 give Egypt as your ransom,
Cush and Seba in exchange for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:14 - Thus says the LORD:
“The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush,
and the Sabeans, men of stature,
shall come over to you and be yours;
they shall follow you;
they shall come over in chains and bow down to you.
They will plead with you, saying:
‘Surely God is in you, and there is no other,
no god besides him.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:9 - Advance, O horses,
and rage, O chariots!
Let the warriors go out:
men of Cush and Put who handle the shield,
men of Lud, skilled in handling the bow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:10 - therefore, behold, I am against you and against your streams, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border of Cush.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:4 - A sword shall come upon Egypt,
and anguish shall be in Cush,
when the slain fall in Egypt,
and her wealth[fn] is carried away,
and her foundations are torn down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:5 - Cush, and Put, and Lud, and all Arabia, and Libya,[fn] and the people of the land that is in league,[fn] shall fall with them by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:9 - “On that day messengers shall go out from me in ships to terrify the unsuspecting people of Cush, and anguish shall come upon them on the day of Egypt’s doom;[fn] for, behold, it comes!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:5 - Persia, Cush, and Put are with them, all of them with shield and helmet;

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:9 - Cush was her strength;
Egypt too, and that without limit;
Put and the Libyans were her[fn] helpers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:10 - From beyond the rivers of Cush
my worshipers, the daughter of my dispersed ones,
shall bring my offering.
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