כּוּשׁ
Kûwsh · koosh
Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory; also of an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: probably of foreign origin;
Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory; also of an Israelite
- Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory
- also, of an Israelite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Chush, Cush, Ethiopia.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › to fasten and establish › to consume, to destroy
The open hand that covers that works to fasten and establish that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כּוּשׁ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
30 occurrences · 30 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of ethiopia9 · 30%
- ethiopia5 · 17%
- of cush3 · 10%
- cush2 · 7%
- and cush2 · 7%
- even unto ethiopia1 · 3%
- unto ethiopia1 · 3%
- with ethiopia1 · 3%
- and from cush1 · 3%
- and upon ethiopia1 · 3%
- and the ethiopians1 · 3%
- the ethiopians1 · 3%
- shall be in ethiopia1 · 3%
- ethiopians1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.