The meaning of “כּוּשִׁי”
Understanding Kûwshîy reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
patronymically from כּוּשׁ Cushi, Cushite, Ethiopian(-s). - § Cushi or Ethiopian = see Cushan "their blackness" - a Cush...
כּוּשִׁי
patronymically from כּוּשׁ Cushi, Cushite, Ethiopian(-s). - § Cushi or Ethiopian = see Cushan "their blackness" - a Cushite, or descendant of Cush 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
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Samuel 18:23 | “But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.” Word: כּוּשִׁי (Kûwshîy) | |
| 2 Chronicles 14:13 | “And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the Lord, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.” Word: כּוּשִׁי (Kûwshîy) | |
| Jeremiah 38:10 | “Then the king commanded Ebed–melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.” Word: כּוּשִׁי (Kûwshîy) | |
| Daniel 11:43 | “But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.” Word: כּוּשִׁי (Kûwshîy) | |
| Amos 9:7 | “Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the Lord. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?” Word: כּוּשִׁי (Kûwshîy) |