כּוּשׁ
kush
“Cush”
Definition
Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory; also of an Israelite
probably of foreign origin;
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun
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Occurrences
כּוּשׁ appears 28 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
The sons of Ham:Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
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.
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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.
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,
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