1. Cush (proper noun) — Proper noun referring to (1) the territory/people of Cush (Ethiopia/Nubia), the land south of Egypt in the upper Nile region, and (2) Cush son of Ham in the Table of Nations (Gen 10:6-8; 1 Chr 1:8-10). As a geographic/ethnic designation, appears extensively in the prophets (Isa 18:1; 20:3-5; 37:9; 43:3; 45:14; Ezek 30:4), the Psalms (Ps 68:31; 87:4), and historical narratives (2 Kgs 19:9; 2 Chr 14:9; Esth 1:1; 8:9). Also used of a Benjamite in the psalm title (Ps 7:1 concerning Cush the Benjamite). All inflectional variations with prepositions (in Cush, from Cush) and conjunctions (and Cush) are the same proper noun in different syntactic contexts. 29×
AR["كوش","كُوشٍ","كُوشَ","كُوشُ"]·ben["-কূশের","কুশ","কুশের","কূশ","কূশকে","কূশের","কূশের।"]·DE["Cush","Kusch","Kuschs","[כוש]"]·EN["Cush","Kush","of-Kush"]·FR["Cusch","Cush","Éthiopie"]·heb["כוש"]·HI["कूश","कूश-का","कूश-की","कूश-के"]·ID["Etiopia","Kush","Kush."]·IT["Cus","Cush"]·jav["Etiopia","Kus","Kus.","Kush","Étiopia"]·KO["구스","구스-가","구스를","구스와","구스의","구시","구시까지","구시와","구신을","구신의"]·PT["Cuxe","Kush","de-Cuxe"]·RU["Куш","Куша","Хуш","Хуша","Эфиопии"]·ES["Cus","Cush","Kush","de-Etíopa"]·SW["Kushi","mia-moja","wa-Kushi","ya-Kushi"]·TR["Kus","Kus'a","Kus'un","Kush'un","Kuş","Kuş'u","Kuş'un"]·urd["کوش","کوش-کی","کوش-کے"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† 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…