HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3572
כּוּשָׁן
ku.shan — Cushan
§ Cushan = "their blackness" a place in Arabia or Mesopotamia
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Cushan
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3573
כּוּשַׁן רִשְׁעָתַ֫יִם
ku.shan rish.a.ta.yim — Cushan-rishathaim
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.3.8 § Chushan-rishathaim = "twice-wicked Cushan" a king of Mesopotamia defeated by the judge Othniel the son-in-law of Caleb
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Probably a poetic or prolonged name of the land of Cush, the Arabian Cush (Hab. 3:7). Some have, however, supposed this to be the same as Chushan-rishathaim (Judg. 3:8, 10), i.e., taking the latter part of the name as a title or local appellation, Chushan “of the two iniquities” (= oppressing Israel, and provoking them to idolatry), a Mesopotamian king, identified by Rawlinson with Asshur-ris-ilim (the father of Tiglathpileser I.); but incorrectly, for the empire of Assyria was not yet founded. He held Israel in bondage for eight years.
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.