כּוּשִׁי (ku.shi) means “Ethiopian” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: koo-shee' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
כּוּשִׁי · ku.shi · Ethiopian
Someone from Ethiopia Group of kush (כּוּשׁ "Ethiopia" H3568H) § Cushi or Ethiopian, of Cush "their blackness" inhabitant of Ethiopia, land of one of the descendants of Cush the grandson of Noah
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כּוּשִׁי · ku.shi · Cushi
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at Zep.1.1; son of: Gedaliah (H1436H); father of: Zephaniah (H6846H) § Cushi or Ethiopian, of Cush "their blackness" 1) one of the descendants of Cush the grandson of Noah through Ham and a member of that nation or people 2) one of Joab's couriers 3) (TWOT) Ethiopian
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כּוּשִׁי · ku.shi · Cushite
Someone from Cush Group of kush (כּוּשׁ "Cush" H3568A) § Cushi or Ethiopian, of Cush "their blackness" one of the descendants of Cush the grandson of Noah through Ham and a member of that nation or people (TWOT) Ethiopian
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patronymically from H3568 (כּוּשׁ); a Cushite, or descendant of Cush
KJV glosses: Cushi, Cushite, Ethiopian(-s).
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the cushite | 10 |
| the cushites | 4 |
| and cushites | 2 |
| a cushite | 1 |
| and the cushite | 1 |
| and the cushites | 1 |
| can the ethiopian | 1 |
| like the cushites | 1 |
| o cushites | 1 |
| of cushi | 1 |
| the cushite that | 1 |
| to a cushite | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the ethiopian | 5 |
| and the ethiopians | 4 |
| and cushi | 3 |
| cushi | 2 |
| the ethiopians | 2 |
| and behold cushi | 1 |
| can the ethiopian | 1 |
| of the ethiopians | 1 |
| to cushi | 1 |
| unto cushi | 1 |
| were not the ethiopians | 1 |
| ye ethiopians | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 21 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife.
Read word by wordSo Joab said to a Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen.” The Cushite bowed to Joab and took off running.
Read word by wordAhimaaz son of Zadok, however, persisted and said to Joab, “No matter what, please let me also run behind the Cushite!” “My son,” Joab replied, “why do you want to run, since you will not receive a reward?”
Read word by word“No matter what, I want to run!” he replied. “Then run!” Joab told him. So Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain and outran the Cushite.
Read word by wordJust then the Cushite came and said, “May my lord the king hear the good news: Today the LORD has avenged you of all who rose up against you!”
Read word by wordThe king asked the Cushite, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And the Cushite replied, “May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up against you to harm you be like that young man.”
Read word by wordwith 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and countless troops who came with him out of Egypt—Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.
Read word by wordThen Zerah the Cushite came against them with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots, and they advanced as far as Mareshah.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 14.8
So the LORD struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah, and the Cushites fled.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 14.11
Then Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell and could not recover, for they were crushed before the LORD and His army. So the people of Judah carried off a great amount of plunder
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 14.12
Were not the Cushites and Libyans a vast army with many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand.
Read word by wordThen the LORD stirred against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and Arabs who lived near the Cushites.
Read word by wordCan the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good—you who are accustomed to doing evil.
Read word by wordNow Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,
Read word by wordSo the king commanded Ebed-melech the Cushite, “Take thirty men from here with you and pull Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.”
Read word by wordEbed-melech the Cushite cried out to Jeremiah, “Put these worn-out rags and clothes under your arms to pad the ropes.” Jeremiah did so,
Read word by word“Go and tell Ebed-melech the Cushite that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am about to fulfill My words against this city for harm and not for good, and on that day they will be fulfilled before your eyes.
Read word by wordHe will gain control of the treasures of gold and silver and over all the riches of Egypt, and the Libyans and Cushites will also submit to him.
Read word by word“Are you not like the Cushites to Me, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD. “Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Arameans from Kir?
Read word by wordThis is the word of the LORD that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah:
Read word by word“You too, O Cushites, will be slain by My sword.”
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