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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H3568 - Ethiopia

Strong's No.:H3568

Hebrew:כּוּשׁ

Transliteration:Kûwsh

Phonetic:koosh

Word Origin:Probably of foreign origin

Bible Usage:{Chush} {Cush} Ethiopia.

Strongs
Definition:

Cush (or {Ethiopia}) the name of a son of {Ham} and of his territory; also of an Israelite


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

Cush = "black" n pr m

1. a Benjamite mentioned only in the title of Ps 7

2. the son of Ham and grandson of Noah and the progenitor of the southernmost peoples located in Africa

3. the peoples descended from Cush n pr loc

4. the land occupied by the descendants of Cush located around the southern parts of the Nile (Ethiopia)


Bible References:
Ethiopia

Translation
Occurrences:
Cush ( 7 )
Ethiopia ( 18 )
Ethiopians ( 3 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.