Ethiopian
כּוּשִׁיStrong’s H3569kushi (ku-shi)
Appears in 21 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Kushi is the Hebrew word usually translated “cushite” and “cushites”. It appears in 21 verses of the Old Testament.
“But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.”
Meaning
- Someone from Ethiopia
- One of the descendants of Cush the grandson of Noah through Ham and a member of that nation or people
- One of Joab's couriers
- (TWOT) Ethiopian
How it's translated
- the cushite 11
- cushite 3
- the cushites 3
- and cushites 2
- cushites 2
- to the cushite 1
- of cushites 1
- a cushite 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Chronicles 6
- 2 Samuel 5
- Jeremiah 5
- Zephaniah 2
- Numbers 1
- Daniel 1
7 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 12:1And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
- 2 Samuel 18:21Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.
- 2 Samuel 18:22Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready?
- 2 Samuel 18:23But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.
- 2 Samuel 18:31And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee.
- 2 Samuel 18:32And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.
Hebrew dictionary
כּוּשִׁי kushi · Ethiopian
Someone from Ethiopia Group of kush (כּוּשׁ "Ethiopia" H3568H) § Cushi or Ethiopian, of Cush "their blackness" inhabitant of Ethiopia, land of one of the descendants of Cush the grandson of Noah
כּוּשִׁי kushi · Cushi
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at Zep.1.1; son of: Gedaliah (H1436H); father of: Zephaniah (H6846H) § Cushi or Ethiopian, of Cush "their blackness" 1) one of the descendants of Cush the grandson of Noah through Ham and a member of that nation or people 2) one of Joab's couriers 3) (TWOT) Ethiopian
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.