Original: כּוּשׁ

Transliteration: Kûwsh

Phonetic: koosh

Short Definition: Chush

Original: כּוּשׁ

Transliteration: kûsh

Phonetic: koosh

BDB Definition:

Cush = "black"

1. a Benjamite mentioned only in the title of Ps 7 (noun proper masculine)
2. the son of Ham and grandson of Noah and the progenitor of the southernmost peoples located in Africa (noun proper masculine)
3. the peoples descended from Cush (noun proper masculine)
4. the land occupied by the descendants of Cush located around the southern parts of the Nile (Ethiopia) (noun proper locative)

Origin: probably of foreign origin

TWOT entry: 969

Part(s) of speech:

Cognate: H3569, H3570, H3571, H3572, H3573, H3575