§ Cush = "black" the land occupied by the descendants of Cush located around the southern parts of the Nile (Ethiopia)
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H3568 — כּוּשׁ
kush · Cush · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 2:13 · כּֽוּשׁ׃The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.Genesis 10:6 · כּ֥וּשׁThe sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.Genesis 10:7 · כ֔וּשׁThe sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.Genesis 10:8 · וְכ֖וּשׁCush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.2 Kings 19:9 · כּוּשׁ֙Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “Look, he has set out to fight against you.” So Sennacherib again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,1 Chronicles 1:8 · כּ֥וּשׁThe sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.1 Chronicles 1:9 · כ֔וּשׁThe sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.1 Chronicles 1:10 · וְכ֖וּשׁCush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.Esther 1:1 · כּ֔וּשׁThis is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.Esther 8:9 · כּ֗וּשׁAt once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush—writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.Job 28:19 · כּ֑וּשׁTopaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.Psalm 68:31 · כּ֥וּשׁEnvoys will arrive from Egypt; Cush will stretch out her hands to God.Psalm 87:4 · כּ֑וּשׁ“I will mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me—along with Philistia, Tyre, and Cush—when I say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”Isaiah 11:11 · וּמִכּ֗וּשׁOn that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.Isaiah 18:1 · כֽוּשׁ׃Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush,Isaiah 20:3 · כּֽוּשׁ׃Then the LORD said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush,Isaiah 20:4 · כּ֛וּשׁso the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.Isaiah 20:5 · מִכּוּשׁ֙Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.Isaiah 37:9 · כּוּשׁ֙Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “He has set out to fight against you.” On hearing this, Sennacherib sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,Isaiah 43:3 · כּ֥וּשׁFor I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.Isaiah 45:14 · כּוּשׁ֮This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: ‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.’”Jeremiah 46:9 · כּ֤וּשׁAdvance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth—Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.Nahum 3:9 · כּ֥וּשׁCush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies.Zephaniah 3:10 · כ֑וּשׁFrom beyond the rivers of Cush My worshipers, My scattered people, will bring Me an offering.