H3570 H3570
personal name meaning 'Cushite,' borne by two Israelites
This proper name appears to derive from the ethnic designation 'Cushite,' possibly indicating family origin or connection to Cush. Two distinct individuals bear this name: the great-grandfather of Jehudi in Jeremiah 36:14 and the father of the prophet Zephaniah. The name may have originated as an appellative (descriptive nickname) that became a personal name, similar to other ethnic-derived names in Hebrew.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A masculine personal name borne by two men in the biblical record: an ancestor of Jehudi (Jeremiah 36:14) and Zephaniah's father (Zephaniah 1:1). The name's origin in the ethnic term for a person from Cush (ancient Nubia/Ethiopia) suggests possible ancestral connections, though both men named Cushi function as ordinary Israelites in their respective contexts. 2×
AR["كُوشِي", "كُوشِيَّ"]·ben["কূশির", "কূশীর"]·DE["Kuschiter", "[כושי]"]·EN["Cushi", "Kushi"]·FR["Cuschite", "[כושי]"]·heb["כושי"]·HI["कूशी", "कूशी-के"]·ID["Kusyi"]·IT["Cusita", "[כושי]"]·jav["Kusi"]·KO["구시", "구시의"]·PT["Kushi"]·RU["Куши"]·ES["Cusi", "Jushi"]·SW["Kushi"]·TR["Kuşi'nin"]·urd["کوشی"]
Related Senses
H5971a 1. people, nation (1836×)H5973a 1. accompaniment, together with (956×)H0854 1. with (accompaniment) (665×)H1471a 1. nations, peoples (plural/collective) (466×)G3326 1. with (368×)H1285 1. covenant, pact, treaty (284×)G2453 1. Jewish person, Jew (194×)H4150 1. meeting (tent of meeting) (151×)G2992 1. people/nation (an ethnic or political community) (142×)G4862 1. (129×)G1484 1. Gentiles, non-Jewish nations (128×)H1471a 2. nation, people-group (singular) (98×)H3162b 1. together (97×)H1616 1. sojourner, resident alien (92×)H0567 1. Amorite (people group) (87×)H3064 1. Jew, Jewish person (81×)H3669a 1. Canaanite (ethnic designation) (70×)G1122 1. scribe / expert in the Law (63×)H2114a 1. stranger, foreigner (person) (54×)H5608b 1. scribe, royal secretary (48×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. כּוּשִׁי n.pr.m. 𝔊 Χουσει— 1. Je 36:14 great-grandfather of יְהוּדִי, q.v. (perhaps orig. appellat. Cushite). 2. father of prophet Zephaniah Zp 1:1.