כּוּשׁ

Strong’s Definition

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

Etymology & Derivation

probably of foreign origin;

KJV Usage

Chush, Cush, Ethiopia.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.(n pr m) a benjamite mentioned only in the title of psalm 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
• 4.(n pr loc) the land occupied by the descendants of cush located around the southern parts of the nile (ethiopia)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Kûwsh; Pronunciation: koosh