Word Study · Strong's H3569 · Hebrew
כּוּשִׁי
Kushi
koo-shee'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Kûwshîy
“a Cushite, or descendant of Cush”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a Cushite, or descendant of Cush
Rendered in the KJV as
Cushi, Cushite, Ethiopian(-s).
- 26occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 7 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 21inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 26 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 21
- הַכּוּשִׁ֗י3
- הַכּוּשִׁ֜י3
- הַכּוּשִׁ֖י2
- הַכּוּשִׁ֑י1
- הַכּוּשִׁ֔י1
- הַכּוּשִֽׁי׃1
- הַכּוּשִׁ֔ים1
- הַכּוּשִׁ֣ים1
- הַכּוּשִֽׁים׃1
- הַכֻּשִׁ֖ית1
- וְכוּשִֽׁים׃1
- וְכֻשִׁ֖ים1
and 9 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 11
- the Cushite12
- the Cushites3
- [the] Cushites2
- and Cushites2
- [the] Cushite1
- a Cushite1
- Cushi1
- Cushite1
- O Cushites1
- of [the] Cushites1
- to the Cushite1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 10
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)11
- gentilic noun (a people)3
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)3
- conjunction (“and”) + gentilic noun (a people)2
- gentilic noun (a people)2
- gentilic noun (a people)1
- proper noun (a name)1
- preposition + gentilic noun (a people)1
- preposition with the article + gentilic noun (a people)1
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Ngmsa · 11
- HNgmpa · 3
- HTd/Ngmpa · 3
- HC/Ngmpa · 2
- HNgmsa · 2
- HNgfsa · 1
- HNpm · 1
- HR/Ngmpa · 1
- HRd/Ngmsa · 1
- HTd/Ngfsa · 1
All 26, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 2 Samuel8 of 26 · 31%
- 2 Chronicles7 of 26 · 27%
- Jeremiah5 of 26 · 19%
- Numbers2 of 26 · 8%
- Zephaniah2 of 26 · 8%
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Numbers2 occurrences
- Numbers 12:1הַכֻּשִׁ֖יתhakushitthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife.here: the Cushite
- Numbers 12:1כֻשִׁ֖יתkhushitgentilic noun (a people)Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife.here: Cushite
2 Samuel8 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 18:21לַכּוּשִׁ֔יlakushipreposition with the article + gentilic noun (a people)So Joab said to a Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen.” The Cushite bowed to Joab and took off running.here: to the Cushite
- 2 Samuel 18:21כוּשִׁ֛יkhushigentilic noun (a people)So Joab said to a Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen.” The Cushite bowed to Joab and took off running.here: [the] Cushite
- 2 Samuel 18:22הַכּוּשִׁ֑יhakushithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Ahimaaz son of Zadok, however, persisted and said to Joab, “Regardless of whatever may happen, please let me also run behind the Cushite!” “My son,” Joab replied, “why do you want to run, since you will not receive a reward?”here: the Cushite
- 2 Samuel 18:23הַכּוּשִֽׁי׃hakushithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)“No matter what, I want to run!” he replied. “Then run!” Joab told him. So Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain and outran the Cushite.here: the Cushite
- 2 Samuel 18:31הַכּוּשִׁ֖יhakushithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Just then the Cushite came and said, “May my lord the king hear the good news: Today the LORD has avenged you of all who rose up against you!”here: the Cushite
- 2 Samuel 18:31הַכּוּשִׁ֗יhakushithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Just then the Cushite came and said, “May my lord the king hear the good news: Today the LORD has avenged you of all who rose up against you!”here: the Cushite
- 2 Samuel 18:32הַכּוּשִׁ֔יhakushithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)The king asked the Cushite, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And the Cushite replied, “May what has become of the young man happen to the enemies of my lord the king and to all who rise up against you to harm you.”here: the Cushite
- 2 Samuel 18:32הַכּוּשִׁ֗יhakushithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)The king asked the Cushite, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And the Cushite replied, “May what has become of the young man happen to the enemies of my lord the king and to all who rise up against you to harm you.”here: the Cushite
2 Chronicles7 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 12:3וְכוּשִֽׁים׃vekhushimconjunction (“and”) + gentilic noun (a people)with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and countless troops who came with him out of Egypt—Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.here: and Cushites
- 2 Chronicles 14:9הַכּוּשִׁ֗יhakushithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Then Zerah the Cushite came against them with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots, and they advanced as far as Mareshah.here: the Cushite
- 2 Chronicles 14:12הַכּוּשִׁ֔יםhakushimthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)So the LORD struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah, and the Cushites fled.here: the Cushites
- 2 Chronicles 14:12הַכּוּשִֽׁים׃hakushimthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)So the LORD struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah, and the Cushites fled.here: the Cushites
- 2 Chronicles 14:13מִכּוּשִׁים֙mikushimpreposition + gentilic noun (a people)Then Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell and could not recover, for they were crushed before the LORD and His army. So the people of Judah carried off a great amount of plunderhere: of [the] Cushites
- 2 Chronicles 16:8הַכּוּשִׁ֣יםhakushimthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Were not the Cushites and Libyans a vast army with many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand.here: the Cushites
- 2 Chronicles 21:16כּוּשִֽׁים׃kushimgentilic noun (a people)Then the LORD stirred against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and Arabs who lived near the Cushites.here: [the] Cushites
Jeremiah5 occurrences
- Jeremiah 13:23כּוּשִׁי֙kushigentilic noun (a people)Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good— you who are accustomed to doing evil.here: a Cushite
- Jeremiah 38:7הַכּוּשִׁ֜יhakushithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Now Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,here: the Cushite
- Jeremiah 38:10הַכּוּשִׁ֖יhakushithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)So the king commanded Ebed-melech the Cushite, “Take thirty men from here with you and pull Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.”here: the Cushite
- Jeremiah 38:12הַכּוּשִׁ֜יhakushithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Ebed-melech the Cushite cried out to Jeremiah, “Put these worn-out rags and clothes under your arms to pad the ropes.” Jeremiah did so,here: the Cushite
- Jeremiah 39:16הַכּוּשִׁ֜יhakushithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)“Go and tell Ebed-melech the Cushite that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am about to fulfill My words against this city for harm and not for good, and on that day they will be fulfilled before your eyes.here: the Cushite
Zephaniah2 occurrences
- Zephaniah 1:1כּוּשִׁ֣יkushiproper noun (a name)This is the word of the LORD that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah:here: Cushi
- Zephaniah 2:12כּוּשִׁ֔יםkushimgentilic noun (a people)“You too, O Cushites, will be slain by My sword.”here: O Cushites
Same headword in Strong's