כּוּשִׁי
Kûwshîy · koo-shee'
a Cushite, or descendant of Cush
Lexicon
Derivation: patronymically from H3568 (כּוּשׁ);
a Cushite, or descendant of Cush
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Cushi, Cushite, Ethiopian(-s).
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › to fasten and establish › to consume, to destroy › the hand that works
The open hand that covers that works to fasten and establish that works to consume, to destroy of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כּוּשִׁי 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
26 occurrences · 26 OT · 0 NT · 21 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the ethiopian5 · 22%
- and the ethiopians4 · 17%
- and cushi3 · 13%
- cushi2 · 9%
- the ethiopians2 · 9%
- to cushi1 · 4%
- and, behold, cushi1 · 4%
- unto cushi1 · 4%
- were not the ethiopians1 · 4%
- can the ethiopian1 · 4%
- of the ethiopians1 · 4%
- ye ethiopians1 · 4%
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.