Strongs Number: H3568
- Hebrew Word
- כּוּשׁ
- Transliteration
- Kûwsh
- Phonetic
- koosh
- Part of Speech
- Strongs Definition
-
Cush (or {Ethiopia}) the name of a son of {Ham} and of his territory; also of an Israelite
- BDB Definition
-
Cush = "black" n pr m
1. a Benjamite mentioned only in the title of Ps 7
2. the son of Ham and grandson of Noah and the progenitor of the southernmost peoples located in Africa
3. the peoples descended from Cush n pr loc
4. the land occupied by the descendants of Cush located around the southern parts of the Nile (Ethiopia)
- Origin
- Probably of foreign origin
- Bible Usage
- {Chush} {Cush} Ethiopia.