Kûwshîy — H3569

Definition

adjective

a Cushite, or descendant of Cush

1. Cushi or Ethiopian = see Cushan "their blackness"
2. one of the descendants of Cush the grandson of Noah through Ham and a member of that nation or people
3. one of Joab's couriers
4. (TWOT) Ethiopian

Usually translated as

Ethiopians, Cushi, Ethiopian, Cushite

Origin

patronymically from H3568

• Derived from Kûwsh (H3568)

Occurrences

Kûwshîy occurs 23 times in 19 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (5), 2 Chronicles (6), Jeremiah (5), Daniel (1), Amos (1), Zephaniah (1)

• 2 Samuel 18:21 — Then said Joab to Cushi (לַכּוּשִׁ֔י), Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.
• 2 Samuel 18:21 — Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushi (כוּשִׁ֛י) bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.
• 2 Samuel 18:22 — Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi (הַכּוּשִׁ֑י). And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready?
• 2 Samuel 18:23 — But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi (הַכּוּשִֽׁי).
• 2 Samuel 18:31 — And, behold, Cushi (הַכּוּשִׁ֖י) came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee.
• 2 Samuel 18:31 — And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi (הַכּוּשִׁ֗י) said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee.
• 2 Samuel 18:32 — And the king said unto Cushi (הַכּוּשִׁ֔י), Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.
• 2 Samuel 18:32 — And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi (הַכּוּשִׁ֗י) answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.
• 2 Chronicles 12:3 — With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians (וְכוּשִֽׁים).
• 2 Chronicles 14:9 — And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian (הַכּוּשִׁ֗י) with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.
• 2 Chronicles 14:12 — So the LORD smote the Ethiopians (הַכּוּשִׁ֔ים) before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.
• 2 Chronicles 14:12 — So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians (הַכּוּשִֽׁים) fled.
• 2 Chronicles 14:13 — And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians (מִכּוּשִׁים֙) were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.
• 2 Chronicles 16:8 — Were not the Ethiopians (הַכּוּשִׁ֣ים) and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered them into thine hand.
• 2 Chronicles 21:16 — Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians (כּוּשִֽׁים):
• Jeremiah 13:23 — Can the Ethiopian (כּוּשִׁי֙) change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
• Jeremiah 38:7 — Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian (הַכּוּשִׁ֜י), one of the eunuchs which was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;
• Jeremiah 38:10 — Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian (הַכּוּשִׁ֖י), saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.
• Jeremiah 38:12 — And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian (הַכּוּשִׁ֜י) said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.
• Jeremiah 39:16 — Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian (הַכּוּשִׁ֜י), saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee.
• Daniel 11:43 — But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians (וְכֻשִׁ֖ים) shall be at his steps.
• Amos 9:7 — Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians (כֻשִׁיִּ֨ים) unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
• Zephaniah 2:12 — Ye Ethiopians (כּוּשִׁ֔ים) also, ye shall be slain by my sword.