◄ 3568. Kuwsh ►
Brown-Driver-Briggs I. כּוּשׁ proper name, masculine person, of a people and territory (Egyptian Kœš, SteindBAS i, 593, Assyrian Kûsu, Idib. DlPa 251; Kaši in Tel Amarna tablets, see WklTel Am. 39*); — 1 1st 'son' of חָם Genesis 10:6,7 (P) = 1 Chronicles 1:8,9, ᵐ5 Ξους, ᵑ9 Chus, from whom descended according to these verses the southernmost peoples known to Hebrews. 2 land and people of southern Nile-valley, or Upper Egypt, extending from Syene (Ezekiel 29:10) indefinitely to the south, ᵐ5 Αιθιοπια, Αιθιοπες: a. the land Isaiah 11:11; Isaiah 18:1; Zephaniah 3:10; Ezekiel 29:10; Job 28:19; Esther 1:1; Esther 8:9. b. the people Isaiah 20:4; Jeremiah 46:9; Ezekiel 38:5; personified Psalm 68:32. c. indeterminate, either land or people, or including both: Isaiah 20:3,5; Isaiah 43:3; Isaiah 45:14; 2 Kings 19:9 = Isaiah 37:9; Nahum 3:9; Ezekiel 30:4,5,9; Psalm 87:4 (ᵐ5 λαὸς Αιθιοπων). 3 in Genesis 10:8 (J) = 1 Chronicles 1:10 כּוּשׁ is error for כַּשׁ = Babylonian Kaššu, according to SchrCOT on Genesis 10:6, DlPa 51 ff. 72 f. and most Assyriologists; so perhaps also Genesis 2:13 (J), yet see HptÜber Ld. u. Meer, 1894-5, No. 15. II. כּוּשׁ proper name, masculine a Benjamite, Psalm 7:1 (title), ᵐ5 Χουσει υιὁῦ Ιεμενει. Forms and Transliterations בְּכ֔וּשׁ בכוש וְכ֖וּשׁ וּמִכּ֗וּשׁ וכוש ומכוש כ֑וּשׁ כ֔וּשׁ כ֝֗וּשׁ כּ֑וּשׁ כּ֔וּשׁ כּ֗וּשׁ כּ֛וּשׁ כּ֣וּשׁ כּ֤וּשׁ כּ֥וּשׁ כּֽוּשׁ׃ כּוּשׁ֙ כּוּשׁ֮ כֽוּשׁ׃ כוש כוש׃ מִכּוּשׁ֙ מכוש bə·ḵūš beChush bəḵūš Chush kūš ḵūš Kush mik·kūš mikkūš mikKush ū·mik·kūš ūmikkūš umikKush veChush wə·ḵūš wəḵūš Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts