kush · Cush

What it means

kush (כּוּשׁ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Cush”.

The name of a son of Ham and of the region of his descendants, south of Egypt (Nubia; many Bibles put "Ethiopia"). This translation keeps the Hebrew name. Also an Israelite.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×4
• 2 Kings×1
• 1 Chronicles×3
• Esther×2
• Job×1
• Psalms×3
• Isaiah×8
• Jeremiah×1
• Ezekiel×5
• Nahum×1
• Zephaniah×1

• Genesis 2:13

  And the name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one that goes around the whole land of Cush.

• Genesis 10:6

  And the sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

• Genesis 10:7

  And the sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

• Genesis 10:8

  And Cush fathered Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.

• 2 Kings 19:9

  He heard concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, saying, “Look, he has come out to fight against you.” So he again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

• 1 Chronicles 1:8

  The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

• 1 Chronicles 1:9

  And the sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

• 1 Chronicles 1:10

  And Cush fathered Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.

• Esther 1:1

  It happened in the days of Ahasuerus, that Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Cush, over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces,

• Esther 8:9

  And the king’s scribes were summoned at that time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day of it; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews and to the satraps and the governors and the officials of the provinces that are from India to Cush, a hundred and twenty-seven provinces, to each province according to its script and each people according to its language, and to the Jews according to their script and according to their language.

• Job 28:19

  The topaz of Cush cannot equal it; with pure gold it cannot be valued.

• Psalms 7:1

  A Shigaion of David, which he sang to YHWH concerning the words of Cush, a Benjaminite. YHWH my Elohim, in you I have taken refuge; save me from all who pursue me, and deliver me,

• Psalms 68:31

  Magnates will come from Egypt; Cush will hasten its hands to Elohim.

• Psalms 87:4

  I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon among those who know me; look, Philistia and Tyre, with Cush: “This one was born there.”

• Isaiah 11:11

  And it will happen on that day that Adonai will again extend his hand a second time to acquire the remnant of his people that remains, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.

• Isaiah 18:1

  Woe, land of whirring wings, which is beyond the rivers of Cush,

• Isaiah 20:3

  And YHWH said, “Just as my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years, a sign and a wonder against Egypt and against Cush,

• Isaiah 20:4

  so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old, naked and barefoot, with buttocks uncovered: the nakedness of Egypt.

• Isaiah 20:5

  And they will be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush, their hope, and because of Egypt, their beauty.

• Isaiah 37:9

  He heard concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, saying, “He has come out to fight against you.” And he heard it and sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

• Isaiah 43:3

  For I am YHWH your Elohim, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I have given as your ransom Egypt, Cush and Seba in your place.

• Isaiah 45:14

  Thus says YHWH: “The labor of Egypt and the gain of Cush and the Sabeans, men of stature, will pass over to you and will be yours; they will walk behind you; in chains they will pass over; and to you they will bow down, to you they will pray: ‘Only in you is El, and there is no other; there is no other Elohim.’”

• Jeremiah 46:9

  Go up, horses! Rage, chariots! And let the mighty men go out: Cush and Put, who handle the shield, and the Ludim, who handle and bend the bow.

• Ezekiel 29:10

  therefore look, I am against you and against your channels, and I will make the land of Egypt into ruins of dryness, a desolation, from Migdol to Syene and as far as the border of Cush.

• Ezekiel 30:4

  And a sword will come against Egypt, and there will be shuddering in Cush, when the slain fall in Egypt, and they take away her multitude, and her foundations are torn down.

• Ezekiel 30:5

  Cush, and Put, and Lud, and all the mixed peoples, and Cub, and the sons of the land of the covenant with them by the sword will fall.

• Ezekiel 30:9

  On that day messengers will go out from before me in ships to terrify Cush that is secure; and there will be shuddering among them on the day of Egypt; for, look, it is coming.

• Ezekiel 38:5

  Persia, Cush, and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet;

• Nahum 3:9

  Cush was her strength, and Egypt, and there was no end; Put and the Libyans were your help.

• Zephaniah 3:10

  From beyond the rivers of Cush my suppliants, the daughter of my dispersed ones, will bring my offering.