Word Study · Strong's H3568 · Hebrew
כּוּשׁ
Kush
koosh
Strong's 1890 spelling: Kûwsh
“Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory; also of an Israelite
Rendered in the KJV as
Chush, Cush, Ethiopia.
- 29occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 11 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 17inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 29 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 17
- כּ֥וּשׁ6
- כּֽוּשׁ׃3
- וְכ֖וּשׁ2
- כ֔וּשׁ2
- כּ֑וּשׁ2
- כּוּשׁ֙2
- כּ֣וּשׁ2
- בְּכ֔וּשׁ1
- וּמִכּ֗וּשׁ1
- כ֑וּשׁ1
- כּ֛וּשׁ1
- כּוּשׁ֮1
and 5 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 6
- Cush23
- and Cush2
- [were] Cush1
- and from Cush1
- from Cush1
- on Cush1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- proper noun (a name)20
- proper noun (a name)4
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 20
- HNpm · 4
- HC/Npm · 2
- HR/Npl · 2
- HC/R/Npl · 1
All 29, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Isaiah8 of 29 · 28%
- Ezekiel5 of 29 · 17%
- Genesis4 of 29 · 14%
- 1 Chronicles3 of 29 · 10%
- Esther2 of 29 · 7%
Isaiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis4 occurrences
- Genesis 2:13כּֽוּשׁ׃kushproper noun (a name)The name of the second river is Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.here: Cush
- Genesis 10:6כּ֥וּשׁkushproper noun (a name)The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.here: [were] Cush
- Genesis 10:7כ֔וּשׁkhushproper noun (a name)The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.here: Cush
- Genesis 10:8וְכ֖וּשׁvekhushconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.here: and Cush
1 Chronicles3 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 1:8כּ֥וּשׁkushproper noun (a name)The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.here: Cush
- 1 Chronicles 1:9כ֔וּשׁkhushproper noun (a name)The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.here: Cush
- 1 Chronicles 1:10וְכ֖וּשׁvekhushconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.here: and Cush
Esther2 occurrences
- Esther 1:1כּ֔וּשׁkushproper noun (a name)This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.here: Cush
- Esther 8:9כּ֗וּשׁkushproper noun (a name)At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush—writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.here: Cush
Job1 occurrence
Psalms2 occurrences
- Psalms 68:31כּ֥וּשׁkushproper noun (a name)Envoys will arrive from Egypt; Cush will stretch out her hands to God.here: Cush
- Psalms 87:4כּ֑וּשׁkushproper noun (a name)“I will mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me— along with Philistia, Tyre, and Cush— when I say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”here: Cush
Isaiah8 occurrences
- Isaiah 11:11וּמִכּ֗וּשׁumikushconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.here: and from Cush
- Isaiah 18:1כֽוּשׁ׃khushproper noun (a name)Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush,here: Cush
- Isaiah 20:3כּֽוּשׁ׃kushproper noun (a name)Then the LORD said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush,here: Cush
- Isaiah 20:4כּ֛וּשׁkushproper noun (a name)so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.here: Cush
- Isaiah 20:5מִכּוּשׁ֙mikushpreposition + proper noun (a name)Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.here: from Cush
- Isaiah 37:9כּוּשׁ֙kushproper noun (a name)Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “He has set out to fight against you.” On hearing this, Sennacherib sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,here: Cush
- Isaiah 43:3כּ֥וּשׁkushproper noun (a name)For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.here: Cush
- Isaiah 45:14כּוּשׁ֮kushproper noun (a name)This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: ‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.’”here: Cush
Ezekiel5 occurrences
- Ezekiel 29:10כּֽוּשׁ׃kushproper noun (a name)therefore I am against you and against your rivers. I will turn the land of Egypt into a ruin, a desolate wasteland from Migdol to Syene, and as far as the border of Cush.here: Cush
- Ezekiel 30:4בְּכ֔וּשׁbekhushpreposition + proper noun (a name)A sword will come against Egypt, and there will be anguish in Cush when the slain fall in Egypt, its wealth is taken away, and its foundations are torn down.here: on Cush
- Ezekiel 30:5כּ֣וּשׁkushproper noun (a name)Cush, Put, and Lud, and all the various peoples, as well as Libya and the men of the covenant land, will fall with Egypt by the sword.here: Cush
- Ezekiel 30:9כּ֣וּשׁkushproper noun (a name)On that day messengers will go out from Me in ships to frighten Cush out of complacency. Anguish will come upon them on the day of Egypt’s doom. For it is indeed coming.here: Cush
- Ezekiel 38:5כּ֥וּשׁkushproper noun (a name)Persia, Cush, and Put will accompany them, all with shields and helmets,here: Cush