Hebrew proper noun (a place) · H3568
כּוּשׁ
Kushkoosh
Cush; Cush; Cush; Ethiopia
29 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Kûwsh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3568is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 11 of 39Old Testament books
- 17spellings
- 4meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3568
Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory; also of an Israelite
The King James renders it: Chush, Cush, Ethiopia.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Kush is rendered "Cush; Cush; Cush; Ethiopia". It stands 29 times in the Hebrew text, across eleven books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists four meanings for it, beginning with "Cush".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 2:13The name of the second river is Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.
- The Greek text spells it seventeen different ways.
The first use
The name of the second river is Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.
Genesis 2:13כּֽוּשׁ׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries four meanings: Cush, and Cush, and Cush, and Ethiopia.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| CushStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 2:13The name of the second river is Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush. |
| CushStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| CushStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| EthiopiaStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Cush24
- and Cush2
- and from Cush1
- from Cush1
- on Cush1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 29, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
17 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- כּ֥וּשׁ6
- כּֽוּשׁ׃3
- וְכ֖וּשׁ2
- כ֔וּשׁ2
- כּ֑וּשׁ2
- כּוּשׁ֙2
- כּ֣וּשׁ2
- בְּכ֔וּשׁ1
- וּמִכּ֗וּשׁ1
- כ֑וּשׁ1
- כּ֛וּשׁ1
- כּוּשׁ֮1
and 5 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)20HNpl
- proper noun (a name)4HNpm
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2HC/Npm
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2HR/Npl
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)1HC/R/Npl
Genesis
four uses
The name of the second river is Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.
- כּֽוּשׁ׃kushproper noun (a name)tagged: Cush
The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
- כּ֥וּשׁkushproper noun (a name)tagged: Cush
The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
- כ֔וּשׁkhushproper noun (a name)tagged: Cush
Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.
- וְכ֖וּשׁvekhushconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Cush
2 Kings
one use
Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “Look, he has set out to fight against you.” So Sennacherib again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
- כּוּשׁ֙kushproper noun (a name)tagged: Cush
1 Chronicles
three uses
The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
- כּ֥וּשׁkushproper noun (a name)tagged: Cush
The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
- כ֔וּשׁkhushproper noun (a name)tagged: Cush
Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.
- וְכ֖וּשׁvekhushconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Cush
Esther
two uses
This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.
- כּ֔וּשׁkushproper noun (a name)tagged: Cush
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.
- כּ֗וּשׁkushproper noun (a name)tagged: Cush
Job
one use
Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.
- כּ֑וּשׁkushproper noun (a name)tagged: Cush
Psalms
two uses
Envoys will arrive from Egypt; Cush will stretch out her hands to God.
- כּ֥וּשׁkushproper noun (a name)tagged: Cush
“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.’”
- כּ֑וּשׁkushproper noun (a name)tagged: Cush
Isaiah
eight uses
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.
- וּמִכּ֗וּשׁumikushconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: and from Cush
Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush,
- כֽוּשׁ׃khushproper noun (a name)tagged: Cush
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,
- כּֽוּשׁ׃kushproper noun (a name)tagged: Cush
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.
- כּ֛וּשׁkushproper noun (a name)tagged: Cush
Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.
- מִכּוּשׁ֙mikushpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Cush
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,
- כּוּשׁ֙kushproper noun (a name)tagged: Cush
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.
- כּ֥וּשׁkushproper noun (a name)tagged: Cush
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.’”
- כּוּשׁ֮kushproper noun (a name)tagged: Cush
Jeremiah
one use
Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth—Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.
- כּ֤וּשׁkushproper noun (a name)tagged: Cush
Ezekiel
five uses
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.
- כּֽוּשׁ׃kushproper noun (a name)tagged: Cush
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.
- בְּכ֔וּשׁbekhushpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: on Cush
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.
- כּ֣וּשׁkushproper noun (a name)tagged: Cush
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.
- כּ֣וּשׁkushproper noun (a name)tagged: Cush
Persia, Cush, and Put will accompany them, all with shields and helmets,
- כּ֥וּשׁkushproper noun (a name)tagged: Cush
Nahum
one use
Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies.
- כּ֥וּשׁkushproper noun (a name)tagged: Cush
Zephaniah
one use
From beyond the rivers of Cush My worshipers, My scattered people, will bring Me an offering.
- כ֑וּשׁkhushproper noun (a name)tagged: Cush
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.