Biblical Persons & Places
Cush
Man living at the time of the Patriarchs
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.6;
only referred to as Cush (כּוּשׁ);
son of Ham;
a brother of Canaan, Egypt and Put;
father of Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, Sabteca and Nimrod.
Cush
Man living at the time of United Monarchy
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at Psa.7.1;
only referred to as Cush (כּוּשׁ).
Cush
Cush
A location first mentioned at Gen.2.13;
referred to as Cush or Cushite or Ethiopia (כּוּשׁ), or Cushite or Ethiopian (כּוּשִׁי), or Cushitess (כּוּשִׁי), or Ethiopian (Αἰθίοψ).
Strong's Definition
Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory; also of an Israelite
Derivation: probably of foreign origin;
KJV Usage: Chush, Cush, Ethiopia.
TWOT Reference: 969
Outline of Biblical Usage
Cush = "black"
n pr m
1) a Benjamite mentioned only in the title of Ps 7:1
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)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
כּוּשׁ
kûsh
BDB Definition:
Cush = black
1) a Benjamite mentioned only in the title of Ps 7 (noun proper masculine)
2) the son of Ham and grandson of Noah and the progenitor of the southernmost peoples located in Africa (noun proper masculine)
3) the peoples descended from Cush (noun proper masculine)
4) the land occupied by the descendants of Cush located around the southern parts of the Nile (Ethiopia) (noun proper locative)
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: probably of foreign origin
Same Word by TWOT Number: 969
Total KJV Occurrences: 27