כּוּשׁ

Genesis 2:13 כּֽוּשׁ׃ Cush

The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.

Genesis 10:6 כּ֥וּשׁ [were] Cush

The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

Genesis 10:7 כ֔וּשׁ Cush

The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

Genesis 10:8 וְכ֖וּשׁ and Cush

Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.

2 Kings 19:9 כּוּשׁ֙ Cush

Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “Look, he has set out to fight against you.” So Sennacherib again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

1 Chronicles 1:8 כּ֥וּשׁ Cush

The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

1 Chronicles 1:9 כ֔וּשׁ Cush

The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

1 Chronicles 1:10 וְכ֖וּשׁ and Cush

Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.

Esther 1:1 כּ֔וּשׁ Cush

This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.

Esther 8:9 כּ֗וּשׁ Cush

At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush—writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.

Job 28:19 כּ֑וּשׁ Cush

Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.

Psalm 68:31 כּ֥וּשׁ Cush

Envoys will arrive from Egypt; Cush will stretch out her hands to God.

Here: The African kingdom south of Egypt along the Nile (roughly northern Sudan today), proverbial for its distance, wealth (gold, ivory, ebony) and its tall, dark-skinned people. To an Israelite it stood for the far edge of the known world, so Cush coming to God means the ends of the earth coming.

Psalm 87:4 כּ֑וּשׁ Cush

“I will mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me—along with Philistia, Tyre, and Cush—when I say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”

Here: The Nile kingdom south of Egypt, in what is now Sudan. To an Israelite it was the far southern edge of the known world (Esth 1:1; Isa 18:1–2).

Isaiah 11:11 וּמִכּ֗וּשׁ and from Cush

On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

Here: Nubia, the upper Nile region south of Egypt (today's Sudan). Its dynasty ruled Egypt in Isaiah's day. It is not the modern country of Ethiopia.

Isaiah 18:1 כֽוּשׁ׃ Cush

Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush,

Here: The kingdom on the Nile south of Egypt, in what is now northern Sudan. In Isaiah's day its kings also ruled Egypt as its 25th Dynasty. It is not the modern state of Ethiopia.

Isaiah 20:3 כּֽוּשׁ׃ Cush

Then the LORD said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush,

Here: The kingdom on the upper Nile, in what is now Sudan. Its kings ruled Egypt at this time as the 'Twenty-fifth Dynasty', so 'Egypt and Cush' names a single power bloc.

Isaiah 20:4 כּ֛וּשׁ Cush

so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.

Here: The Nile kingdom south of Egypt, in today's Sudan. Its kings then ruled Egypt as well, so Egypt and Cush were one ruling power.

Isaiah 20:5 מִכּוּשׁ֙ from Cush

Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.

Here: 'From/because of Cush'. Cush is the Nile kingdom south of Egypt, in what is now Sudan. In Isaiah's day its kings ruled Egypt as well. The prefix מִ (min) gives the cause: the disgrace comes from Cush, from what happens to it.

Isaiah 37:9 כּוּשׁ֙ Cush

Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “He has set out to fight against you.” On hearing this, Sennacherib sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

Isaiah 43:3 כּ֥וּשׁ Cush

For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.

Here: The kingdom south of Egypt on the upper Nile (Nubia, in present-day Sudan), not modern Ethiopia. To an Israelite it meant the far edge of the known world, wealthy and remote.

Isaiah 45:14 כּוּשׁ֮ Cush

This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: ‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.’”

Here: The kingdom on the upper Nile south of Egypt, in what is now Sudan. It is not modern Ethiopia. To Israel it stood for the far, wealthy southern edge of the world.

Jeremiah 46:9 כּ֤וּשׁ Cush

Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth—Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.

Ezekiel 29:10 כּֽוּשׁ׃ Cush

therefore I am against you and against your rivers. I will turn the land of Egypt into a ruin, a desolate wasteland from Migdol to Syene, and as far as the border of Cush.

Here: Cush was the Nile kingdom south of Egypt (Nubia, in today's southern Egypt and northern Sudan). It was not the modern country of Ethiopia.

Ezekiel 30:4 בְּכ֔וּשׁ on Cush

A sword will come against Egypt, and there will be anguish in Cush when the slain fall in Egypt, its wealth is taken away, and its foundations are torn down.

Ezekiel 30:5 כּ֣וּשׁ Cush

Cush, Put, and Lud, and all the various peoples, as well as Libya and the men of the covenant land, will fall with Egypt by the sword.

Ezekiel 30:9 כּ֣וּשׁ Cush

On that day messengers will go out from Me in ships to frighten Cush out of complacency. Anguish will come upon them on the day of Egypt’s doom. For it is indeed coming.

Ezekiel 38:5 כּ֥וּשׁ Cush

Persia, Cush, and Put will accompany them, all with shields and helmets,

Nahum 3:9 כּ֥וּשׁ Cush

Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies.

Here: Nubia, the land along the Nile south of Egypt (in modern Sudan). Its kings ruled Egypt as the 25th Dynasty in Nahum's century, so naming Cush first puts the real power behind Thebes at the head of the list.

Zephaniah 3:10 כ֑וּשׁ Cush

From beyond the rivers of Cush My worshipers, My scattered people, will bring Me an offering.

Here: Kush, the Nile kingdom south of Egypt (Nubia, in today's Sudan). For a Judean it stood for the far southern end of the earth. Only a generation or two earlier its kings had ruled Egypt.