Place
Cush (Ethiopia)
Kingdom south of Egypt on the upper Nile, addressed among the nations in Zephaniah 2:12; Zephaniah's own lineage runs through a father named Cushi.
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Where it is
- Region
- Upper Nile / Nubia
- Kind of place
- Region
Cush (Ethiopia) in Scripture
10 verses name it — all of them- Genesis 2:13And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush.
- Genesis 10:6And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.
- Genesis 10:7And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.
- Genesis 10:8And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
- 1 Chronicles 1:8The sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
- 1 Chronicles 1:9And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raama, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.
- 1 Chronicles 1:10And Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
- Isaiah 11:11And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, that shall remain, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
- Jeremiah 46:9Go up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put, that handle the shield; and the Ludim, that handle and bend the bow.
- Ezekiel 38:5Persia, Cush, and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet;