Kûwshîy — H3570

Definition

masculine proper noun

Cushi, the name of two Israelites

1. Cushi = "their blackness"
2. an ancestor of Jehudi (Jer. 36.14)
3. the father of the prophet Zephaniah (Zep. 1.1)

Usually translated as

Cushi

Origin

the same as H3569

• Same as Kûwshîy (H3569)

Occurrences

Kûwshîy occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Jeremiah (1), Zephaniah (1)

• Jeremiah 36:14 — Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi (כּוּשִׁי֮), unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them.
• Zephaniah 1:1 — The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.