{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H3568",
  "lemma": "כּוּשׁ",
  "transliteration": "Kûwsh",
  "definition": "Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory; also of an Israelite",
  "kjv": "Chush, Cush, Ethiopia.",
  "occurrences": 30,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "כּוּשׁ n.pr.pers.m., gent. et terr.",
    "1. 1st ‘son’ of חָם",
    "2. land and people of southern Nile-valley, or Upper Egypt, extending from Syene indefinitely to the south",
    "3. כּוּשׁ is err. for כַּשׁ = Bab. Kaššu",
    "כּוּשׁ n.pr.m",
    "כּוּשׁ n.pr.m. a Benjamite, ψ 7:1 (title)"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 2:13",
      "text": "The name of the second river is Gihon. It is the same river that flows through the whole land of Cush.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 10:6",
      "text": "The sons of Ham were: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/10?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 10:7",
      "text": "The sons of Cush were: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were: Sheba and Dedan.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/10?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 10:8",
      "text": "Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the earth.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/10?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 19:9",
      "text": "When he heard it said of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, “Behold, he has come out to fight against you,” he sent messengers…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/19?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 11:11",
      "text": "It will happen in that day that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant that is left of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/11?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 18:1",
      "text": "Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/18?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 20:3",
      "text": "The LORD said, “As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder concerning Egypt…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/20?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 20:4",
      "text": "so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/20?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 20:5",
      "text": "They will be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/20?v=5"
    }
  ],
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