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Prep-l | 23× in 1 sense

Cushite — a person or people from the land of Cush (biblical Ethiopia/Nubia), used as gentilic noun or adjective

Derived from Cush (כּוּשׁ), this gentilic term identifies individuals or peoples originating from the region south of Egypt, roughly corresponding to ancient Nubia and Ethiopia. Its most dramatic narrative use is the unnamed Cushite messenger who carries the news of Absalom's death to David (2 Sam 18:21-32). Moses' Cushite wife provokes Miriam and Aaron's challenge in Numbers 12:1. The rhetorical question 'Can the Cushite change his skin?' (Jer 13:23) appeals to the Cushites' distinctive dark complexion as something visibly inherent. French and German renderings ('Éthiopien,' 'Kuschiter') preserve the geographic link to the classical world's Aithiopia.

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Senses

1. Cushite, person from Cush — Gentilic designation for a person or people from Cush, south of Egypt. Used for specific individuals — the Cushite runner (2 Sam 18:21-32), Ebed-melech the Cushite (Jer 38:7) — and collectively for the nation (Zeph 2:12; 2 Chr 14:11). The feminine כֻּשִׁית appears only for Moses' wife (Num 12:1). 23×

GROUPS_COMMUNITY › Groups and Classes of Persons › Cushite Person Cush

AR["الكوشيّونَ", "الكوشيّينَ", "الكوشِيُّ", "الكُوشِيُّونَ", "الكُوشِيِّينَ", "الْكوشي", "الْكوشيَّ", "الْكُوشِيَّ", "الْكُوشِيُّ", "الْكُوشِيِّ", "وَ-الْكُوشِيُّونَ", "وَكوشيّينَ", "يَا-كُوشِيُّونَ"]·ben["-কূশীয়", "ও-কূশীয়", "ও-কূশীয়েরা", "কূশীয়", "কূশীয়কে", "কূশীয়দের", "কূশীয়রা", "কূশীয়ের", "কূশীয়েরা"]·DE["Kuschiter", "[הכושי]", "[הכושים]", "[וכושים]", "[וכשים]", "[כושים]", "der-Cushite", "der-Kuschiter"]·EN["Cushite", "Kushim", "O-Cushim", "and-Cushites", "and-Kushim", "the-Cushite", "the-Cushites", "the-Kushi", "the-Kushite"]·FR["Cushite", "et-Cushite", "et-Éthiopien", "le-Cushite", "les-Cushites", "Éthiopien"]·heb["ה-כושי", "ה-כושים", "ו-כושים", "כושי", "כושים"]·HI["और-कूशी", "की-कूशी", "कूशियों", "कूशियोंके।", "कूशी", "कूशी-के", "कूशी-ने", "कूशी-से", "के-कूशियों", "के-कूशी"]·ID["-orang-Kush", "dan-orang-Etiopia", "dan-orang-Kush", "hai-orang-Etiopia", "orang-Kush", "orang-orang-Kush"]·IT["Cushita", "Cusita", "[וכשים]", "[כושים]", "e-Cushita", "i-Cushiti", "il-Cushite"]·jav["lan-tiyang-Etiopia", "lan-tiyang-Kus", "tiyang-Etiopia", "tiyang-Kus", "tiyang-Kush", "tiyang-tiyang-Kus", "tiyang-tiyang-Kush"]·KO["구스인들아", "구스인들의", "구시-사람이", "구시인에게", "구시인이", "그-구스인들과", "그-구스인들을", "그-구스인들이", "그-구스인이", "그-구시-사람", "그-구시-사람을", "그-구시-사람이", "그리고-구시-사람들이", "그리고-구실-사람들"]·PT["Kushim", "cuchitas", "cúxita", "e-cuxitas", "e-os-etíopes", "o-cuchita", "o-cuxita", "o-etíope", "os-cuxitas", "os-cúxitas"]·RU["Кушийцев", "Кушийцы", "Кушит", "Кушиту", "Кушиты", "Кушиянин", "Хушит", "Хушита", "Хушитом", "Хушиту", "а-кушиты", "и-Кушийцы", "и-Кушиты", "кушит", "кушитов"]·ES["a", "cusita", "cusitas", "diciendo", "el-cusita", "los-cusitas", "varón", "y-cusitas", "y-etíopes"]·SW["Mkushi", "Wakushi", "na-Wakushi"]·TR["Kuşii", "Kuşlu", "Kuşlu'nun", "Kuşlu'ya", "Kuşlu'yu", "Kuşlular", "Kuşluları", "Kuşluların", "ve-Kuşiler", "ve-Kuşlular"]·urd["اور-کوشی", "حبشی", "کوشی", "کوشی-نے", "کوشی-کے", "کوشیو", "کوشیوں", "کوشیوں-کے"]

2 Sam 18:21, 2 Sam 18:21, 2 Sam 18:22, 2 Sam 18:23, 2 Sam 18:31, 2 Sam 18:31, 2 Sam 18:32, 2 Sam 18:32, 2 Chr 12:3, 2 Chr 14:9, 2 Chr 14:12, 2 Chr 14:12 (+11 more)

BDB / Lexicon Reference

† I. כּוּשָׁי adj.gent. of i. כּוּשׁ;—m. כּוּשִׁי Je 13:23 + 13 times; f. כֻּשִׁית Nu 12:1(×2); pl. כּוּשִׁים Zp 2:12 + 6 times; כֻּשִֿׁים Dn 11:43; כֻּשִׁיִּים Am 9:7;— a. sg. agreeing with noun Nu 12:1(×2) (E; only here fem.); b. = subst., a Cushite Je 13:23. c. id. c. art.; the Cushite, of Joab’s adjutant 2 S 18:21(×2) (where read חַכּ׳, for MT כ׳, We Dr Kit Bu), v 22, 23, 31(×2), 32(×2); in…