Lexicon :: Strong's H3568 - kûš

כּוּשׁ

Transliteration

kûš

Pronunciation

koosh

Part of Speech

proper locative noun, proper masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

Probably of foreign origin

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 969

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H3568: Abbreviations

† I. כּוּשׁ proper name, masculine person, of a people and territory (Egyptian Kœš, Steindorff^{BAS i, 593}, Assyrian Kûsu, Id^ib. Dl^{Pa 251}; Kaši in Tel Amarna tablets, see Wkl^{Tel Am. 39*}); —

1. 1st 'son' of חָם Genesis 10:6, 7 (P) = 1 Chronicles 1:8, 9, Ξους, 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, 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 ( λαὸς Αιθιοπων).

3. in Genesis 10:8 (J) = 1 Chronicles 1:10 כּוּשׁ is error for כַּשׁ = Babylonian Kaššu, according to Schr^COT on Genesis 10:6, Dl^{Pa 51 ff. 72 f.} and most Assyriologists; so perhaps also Genesis 2:13 (J), yet see Hpt^{Über Ld. u. Meer, 1894-5, No. 15}.

II. כּוּשׁ proper name, masculine a Benjamite, Psalm 7:1 (title), Χουσει υιὁῦ Ιεμενει.

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