כּוּשִׁי
ku.shiEthiopian
hebrewOld TestamentName of a people group26 occurrences7 books21 verses
Definition
patronymically from H3568; a Cushite, or descendant of Cush
Traditional renderings: Cushi, Cushite, Ethiopian(-s).
Traditional renderings: Cushi, Cushite, Ethiopian(-s).
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
26 total
- Numbers 12:1 (2×)הַכֻּשִׁ֖ית · the Cushite; כֻשִׁ֖ית · a CushiteThen Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife.
- 2 Samuel 18:21 (2×)לַכּוּשִׁ֔י · to a Cushite; כוּשִׁ֛י · The CushiteSo Joab said to a Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen.” The Cushite bowed to Joab and took off running.
- 2 Samuel 18:22הַכּוּשִׁ֑י · the CushiteAhimaaz son of Zadok, however, persisted and said to Joab, “No matter what, please let me also run behind the Cushite!” “My son,” Joab replied, “why do you want to run, since you will not receive a reward?”
- 2 Samuel 18:23הַכּוּשִֽׁי׃ · the Cushite“No matter what, I want to run!” he replied. “Then run!” Joab told him. So Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain and outran the Cushite.
- 2 Samuel 18:31 (2×)הַכּוּשִׁ֖י · the Cushite; הַכּוּשִׁ֗יJust then the Cushite came and said, “May my lord the king hear the good news: Today the LORD has avenged you of all who rose up against you!”
- 2 Samuel 18:32 (2×)הַכּוּשִׁ֔י · the Cushite; הַכּוּשִׁ֗י · And the CushiteThe king asked the Cushite, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And the Cushite replied, “May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up against you to harm you be like that young man.”
- 2 Chronicles 12:3וְכוּשִֽׁים׃ · and Cushites…with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and countless troops who came with him out of Egypt—Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.
- 2 Chronicles 14:9הַכּוּשִׁ֗י · the CushiteThen Zerah the Cushite came against them with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots, and they advanced as far as Mareshah.
- 2 Chronicles 14:12 (2×)הַכּוּשִׁ֔ים · the Cushites; הַכּוּשִֽׁים׃ · and the CushitesSo the LORD struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah, and the Cushites fled.
- 2 Chronicles 14:13מִכּוּשִׁים֙ · The CushitesThen Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell and could not recover, for they were crushed before the LORD and His army. So the people of Judah carried off a great amount of plunder
- 2 Chronicles 16:8הַכּוּשִׁ֣ים · the CushitesWere not the Cushites and Libyans a vast army with many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand.
- 2 Chronicles 21:16כּוּשִֽׁים׃ · the CushitesThen the LORD stirred against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and Arabs who lived near the Cushites.
- Jeremiah 13:23כּוּשִׁי֙ · Can the EthiopianCan the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good—you who are accustomed to doing evil.
- Jeremiah 38:7הַכּוּשִׁ֜י · the CushiteNow Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,
- Jeremiah 38:10הַכּוּשִׁ֖י · the CushiteSo the king commanded Ebed-melech the Cushite, “Take thirty men from here with you and pull Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.”
- Jeremiah 38:12הַכּוּשִׁ֜י · the CushiteEbed-melech the Cushite cried out to Jeremiah, “Put these worn-out rags and clothes under your arms to pad the ropes.” Jeremiah did so,
- Jeremiah 39:16הַכּוּשִׁ֜י · the Cushite that“Go and tell Ebed-melech the Cushite that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am about to fulfill My words against this city for harm and not for good, and on that day they will be fulfilled before your eyes.
- Daniel 11:43וְכֻשִׁ֖ים · and CushitesHe will gain control of the treasures of gold and silver and over all the riches of Egypt, and the Libyans and Cushites will also submit to him.
- Amos 9:7כֻשִׁיִּ֨ים · like the Cushites“Are you not like the Cushites to Me, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD. “Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Arameans from Kir?
- Zephaniah 1:1כּוּשִׁ֣י · of CushiThis is the word of the LORD that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah:
- Zephaniah 2:12כּוּשִׁ֔ים · O Cushites“You too, O Cushites, will be slain by My sword.”