◄ 3569. Kushi ►
Lexicon Kushi: Cushite Original Word: כּוּשִׁי Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: Kuwshiy Pronunciation: koo-shee' Phonetic Spelling: (koo-shee') Definition: Cushite Meaning: a Cushite Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Cushi, Cushite, Ethiopians Patronymically from Kuwsh; a Cushite, or descendant of Cush -- Cushi, Cushite, Ethiopian(-s). see HEBREW Kuwsh NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin from Kush Definition desc. of Cush NASB Translation Cushite (8), Ethiopia (1), Ethiopian (6), Ethiopians (8). Brown-Driver-Briggs I. כּוּשִׁי adjective, of a people of I. כּוּשׁ; — masculine כּוּשִׁי Jeremiah 13:23 13t.; feminine כֻּשִׁית Numbers 12:1 (twice in verse); plural כּוּשִׁים Zephaniah 2:12 6t.; כֻּשִֿׁים Daniel 11:43; כֻּשִׁיִּים Amos 9:7; — a. singular agreeing with noun Numbers 12:1 (twice in verse) (E; only here feminine). b. = substantive, a Cushite Jeremiah 13:23. c. id. with article, the Cushite, of Joab's adjutant 2 Samuel 18:21 (twice in verse) (where read ׳חַכּ, for ᵑ0 ׳כ, We Dr Kit Bu), 2 Samuel 18:22; 2 Samuel 18:23; 2 Samuel 18:31; 2 Samuel 18:31; 2 Samuel 18:32; 2 Samuel 18:32; in apposition with proper name Jeremiah 38:7,10,12; Jeremiah 39:16; 2Chron 14:8. d. plural כּוּשִׁים (הַ) = substantive Zephaniah 2:12; 2Chronicles 12:3; 2 Chronicles 14:11 (twice in verse); 2Chronicles 14:12; 2 Chronicles 16:8; 21:16; so כֻּשִֿׁים Daniel 11:43, כֻּשִׁיִּים (si vera lectio) Amos 9:7. Topical Lexicon Word Origin: Derived from כּוּשׁ (Cush), referring to the region or people of Cush. Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Greek equivalent for Cushite is Αἰθίοψ (Aithiops), Strong's Greek Number 128, which is used in the Septuagint and the New Testament to refer to Ethiopians or people from the region of Cush. Usage: The term "Cushite" is used in the Hebrew Bible to refer to individuals from the region of Cush. It is often used to describe people of African descent, particularly those from the area south of Egypt. The term appears in various contexts, including genealogical records, narratives, and descriptions of individuals. Context: The term כּוּשִׁי (Kushi) appears in several passages throughout the Hebrew Bible, often highlighting the ethnic and geographical identity of individuals associated with the land of Cush. Notable references include: • 2 Samuel 18:21: "Then Joab said to a Cushite, 'Go, tell the king what you have seen.' The Cushite bowed to Joab and ran off." • Jeremiah 13:23: "Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good—you who are accustomed to doing evil." • Zephaniah 3:10: "From beyond the rivers of Cush My worshipers, the daughter of My dispersed people, will bring Me an offering." The Cushites are often depicted as a distinct group, sometimes serving in roles such as messengers or soldiers. The term is also used metaphorically, as in Jeremiah 13:23, to illustrate the idea of inherent characteristics. The Cushites are descendants of Cush, the son of Ham, according to the Table of Nations in Genesis 10. This lineage places them among the early post-Flood nations, contributing to the ethnographic and geographic diversity described in the biblical narrative. Forms and Transliterations הַכֻּשִׁ֖ית הַכּוּשִֽׁי׃ הַכּוּשִֽׁים׃ הַכּוּשִׁ֑י הַכּוּשִׁ֔י הַכּוּשִׁ֔ים הַכּוּשִׁ֖י הַכּוּשִׁ֗י הַכּוּשִׁ֜י הַכּוּשִׁ֣ים הכושי הכושי׃ הכושים הכושים׃ הכשית וְכֻשִׁ֖ים וְכוּשִֽׁים׃ וכושים׃ וכשים כֻשִׁ֖ית כֻשִׁיִּ֨ים כּוּשִֽׁים׃ כּוּשִׁ֔ים כּוּשִׁ֣י כּוּשִׁי֙ כוּשִׁ֛י כושי כושים כושים׃ כשיים כשית לַכּוּשִׁ֔י לכושי מִכּוּשִׁים֙ מכושים chuShi chuShit chushiYim hak·kū·šî hak·kū·šîm hak·ku·šîṯ hakkuShi hakkuShim hakkuShit hakkūšî hakkūšîm hakkušîṯ kū·šî ḵū·šî ḵu·šî·yîm kū·šîm ḵu·šîṯ kuShi kuShim kūšî ḵūšî kūšîm ḵušîṯ ḵušîyîm lak·kū·šî lakkuShi lakkūšî mik·kū·šîm mikkuShim mikkūšîm vechuShim wə·ḵu·šîm wə·ḵū·šîm wəḵušîm wəḵūšîm Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Numbers 12:1 HEB: אֹד֛וֹת הָאִשָּׁ֥ה הַכֻּשִׁ֖ית אֲשֶׁ֣ר לָקָ֑ח INT: of woman Cushi whom had married Numbers 12:1 HEB: כִּֽי־ אִשָּׁ֥ה כֻשִׁ֖ית לָקָֽח׃ INT: for woman Cushi had married 2 Samuel 18:21 HEB: וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יוֹאָב֙ לַכּוּשִׁ֔י לֵ֛ךְ הַגֵּ֥ד NAS: said to the Cushite, Go, KJV: Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell INT: said Joab to the Cushite Go tell 2 Samuel 18:21 HEB: רָאִ֑יתָה וַיִּשְׁתַּ֧חוּ כוּשִׁ֛י לְיוֹאָ֖ב וַיָּרֹֽץ׃ NAS: you have seen. So the Cushite bowed KJV: what thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed INT: have seen bowed the Cushite to Joab and ran 2 Samuel 18:22 HEB: אָ֖נִי אַחֲרֵ֣י הַכּוּשִׁ֑י וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יוֹאָ֗ב NAS: run after the Cushite. And Joab said, KJV: after Cushi. And Joab INT: I after the Cushite said and Joab 2 Samuel 18:23 HEB: וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖ר אֶת־ הַכּוּשִֽׁי׃ NAS: and passed up the Cushite. KJV: of the plain, and overran Cushi. INT: of the plain and passed the Cushite 2 Samuel 18:31 HEB: וְהִנֵּ֥ה הַכּוּשִׁ֖י בָּ֑א וַיֹּ֣אמֶר NAS: Behold, the Cushite arrived, KJV: And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi INT: Behold the Cushite arrived said 2 Samuel 18:31 HEB: בָּ֑א וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַכּוּשִׁ֗י יִתְבַּשֵּׂר֙ אֲדֹנִ֣י NAS: arrived, and the Cushite said, KJV: came; and Cushi said, INT: arrived said and the Cushite receive my lord 2 Samuel 18:32 HEB: הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ אֶל־ הַכּוּשִׁ֔י הֲשָׁל֥וֹם לַנַּ֖עַר NAS: said to the Cushite, Is it well KJV: said unto Cushi, Is the young man INT: the king to the Cushite well the young 2 Samuel 18:32 HEB: לְאַבְשָׁל֑וֹם וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַכּוּשִׁ֗י יִהְי֤וּ כַנַּ֙עַר֙ NAS: Absalom? And the Cushite answered, KJV: safe? And Cushi answered, INT: Absalom answered to the Cushite become man 2 Chronicles 12:3 HEB: לוּבִ֥ים סֻכִּיִּ֖ים וְכוּשִֽׁים׃ NAS: the Sukkiim and the Ethiopians. KJV: the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians. INT: the Lubim the Sukkiim and the Ethiopians 2 Chronicles 14:9 HEB: אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם זֶ֣רַח הַכּוּשִׁ֗י בְּחַ֙יִל֙ אֶ֣לֶף NAS: Now Zerah the Ethiopian came KJV: against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host INT: against Zerah the Ethiopian an host of a thousand 2 Chronicles 14:12 HEB: יְהוָה֙ אֶת־ הַכּוּשִׁ֔ים לִפְנֵ֥י אָסָ֖א NAS: routed the Ethiopians before KJV: smote the Ethiopians before INT: routed God the Ethiopians before Asa 2 Chronicles 14:12 HEB: יְהוּדָ֑ה וַיָּנֻ֖סוּ הַכּוּשִֽׁים׃ NAS: Judah, and the Ethiopians fled. KJV: Judah; and the Ethiopians fled. INT: Judah fled and the Ethiopians 2 Chronicles 14:13 HEB: לִגְרָר֒ וַיִּפֹּ֤ל מִכּוּשִׁים֙ לְאֵ֣ין לָהֶ֣ם NAS: as Gerar; and so many Ethiopians fell KJV: them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, INT: Gerar fell Ethiopians else like 2 Chronicles 16:8 HEB: הֲלֹ֧א הַכּוּשִׁ֣ים וְהַלּוּבִ֗ים הָי֨וּ NAS: Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubim KJV: Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims INT: were not the Ethiopians and the Lubim become 2 Chronicles 21:16 HEB: עַל־ יַ֥ד כּוּשִֽׁים׃ NAS: who bordered the Ethiopians; KJV: that [were] near the Ethiopians: INT: against able the Ethiopians Jeremiah 13:23 HEB: הֲיַהֲפֹ֤ךְ כּוּשִׁי֙ עוֹר֔וֹ וְנָמֵ֖ר NAS: Can the Ethiopian change his skin KJV: Can the Ethiopian change his skin, INT: change the Ethiopian his skin the leopard Jeremiah 38:7 HEB: עֶֽבֶד־ מֶ֨לֶךְ הַכּוּשִׁ֜י אִ֣ישׁ סָרִ֗יס NAS: But Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, KJV: Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one INT: heard Ebed-melech the Ethiopian one A eunuch Jeremiah 38:10 HEB: עֶֽבֶד־ מֶ֥לֶךְ הַכּוּשִׁ֖י לֵאמֹ֑ר קַ֣ח NAS: Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, KJV: Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, INT: the king Ebed-melech the Ethiopian saying Take Jeremiah 38:12 HEB: עֶבֶד־ מֶ֨לֶךְ הַכּוּשִׁ֜י אֶֽל־ יִרְמְיָ֗הוּ NAS: Then Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said KJV: And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said INT: said Ebed-melech the Ethiopian to Jeremiah Jeremiah 39:16 HEB: לְעֶבֶד־ מֶ֨לֶךְ הַכּוּשִׁ֜י לֵאמֹ֗ר כֹּֽה־ NAS: to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, KJV: to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, INT: and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian saying Thus Daniel 11:43 HEB: מִצְרָ֑יִם וְלֻבִ֥ים וְכֻשִׁ֖ים בְּמִצְעָדָֽיו׃ NAS: and Libyans and Ethiopians [will follow] at his heels. KJV: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians [shall be] at his steps. INT: of Egypt and Libyans and Ethiopians his heels Amos 9:7 HEB: הֲל֣וֹא כִבְנֵי֩ כֻשִׁיִּ֨ים אַתֶּ֥ם לִ֛י NAS: Are you not as the sons of Ethiopia to Me, O sons KJV: [Are] ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children INT: not as the sons of Ethiopia you sons Zephaniah 1:1 HEB: צְפַנְיָה֙ בֶּן־ כּוּשִׁ֣י בֶן־ גְּדַלְיָ֔ה INT: Zephaniah son Cushi son of Gedaliah 26 Occurrences Strong's Hebrew 3569 26 Occurrences ḵū·šî — 1 Occ. ḵu·šîṯ — 1 Occ. ḵu·šî·yîm — 1 Occ. hak·kū·šî — 11 Occ. hak·kū·šîm — 3 Occ. hak·ku·šîṯ — 1 Occ. kū·šî — 2 Occ. kū·šîm — 2 Occ. lak·kū·šî — 1 Occ. mik·kū·šîm — 1 Occ. wə·ḵū·šîm — 2 Occ.