Cush Territory Name

† I. כּוּשׁ n.pr.pers.m., gent. et terr. (Egyptian Kōš, SteindorffBAS i, 593, Assyrian Kûsu, Id. ib. DlPa 251; Kaši in Tel Amarna tablets, vid. WklTelAm. 39 );— 1. 1st ‘son’ of חָם Gn 10:6, 7 (P) = 1 Ch 1:8, 9, 𝔊 Χονς, 𝔙 Chus, from whom descended according to these vv. the southernmost peoples known to Hebrews. 2. land and people of southern Nile-valley, or Upper Egypt, extending from Syene (Ez 29:10) indefinitely to the south, 𝔊 Αιθιοπια, Αιθιοπες: a. the land Is 11:11; 18:1 Zp 3:10 Ez 29:10 Jb 28:19 Est 1:1; 8:9. b. the people Is 20:4 Je 46:9 Ez 38:5; personif. ψ 68:32. c. indeterminate, either land or people, or including both: Is 20:3, 5; 43:3; 45:14 2 K 19:9 = Is 37:9 Na 3:9 Ez 30:4, 5, 9 ψ 87:4 (𝔊 λαὸς Αιθιοπων). 3. in Gn 10:8 (J) = 1 Ch 1:10 כּוּשׁ is err. for כַּשׁ = Bab. Kaššu, according to SchrCOT on Gn 10:6, DlPa 51 ff. 72 f. and most Assyriol.; so perhaps also Gn 2:13 (J), yet v. HptÜber Ld. u. Meer, 1894–5, No. 15.

† II. כּוּשׁ n.pr.m. a Benjamite, ψ 7:1 (title), 𝔊 Χουσει υἱοῦ Ιεμενει.

† כּוּשָׁן n.pr., gent. vel terr., only אָהֳלֵי כ׳ Hb 3:7 (‖ מִדְיָן), 𝔊 Αιθιοπων.