כּוּשׁ Kûwsh

Meaning

Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory; also of an Israelite

In the King James Version: Chush, Cush, Ethiopia.

Derivation: probably of foreign origin;

Where it is used

• Genesis 2:13 The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.
• Genesis 10:6 The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
• Genesis 10:7 The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
• Genesis 10:8 Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.
• 2 Kings 19:9 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,
• 1 Chronicles 1:8 The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
• 1 Chronicles 1:9 The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
• 1 Chronicles 1:10 Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.
• Esther 1:1 This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.
• Esther 8:9 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.
• Job 28:19 Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.
• Psalms 68:31 Envoys will arrive from Egypt; Cush will stretch out her hands to God.
• Psalms 87:4 “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.’”
• Isaiah 11:11 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.
• Isaiah 18:1 Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush,
• Isaiah 20:3 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,
• Isaiah 20:4 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.
• Isaiah 20:5 Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.
• Isaiah 37:9 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,
• Isaiah 43:3 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.
• Isaiah 45:14 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.’”
• Jeremiah 46:9 Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth—Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.
• Ezekiel 29:10 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.
• Ezekiel 30:4 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.
• Ezekiel 30:5 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.
• Ezekiel 30:9 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.
• Ezekiel 38:5 Persia, Cush, and Put will accompany them, all with shields and helmets,
• Nahum 3:9 Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies.
• Zephaniah 3:10 From beyond the rivers of Cush My worshipers, My scattered people, will bring Me an offering.