3568 - Kuwsh

Strong's Concordance

Original word: כּוּשׁ
Transliteration: Kuwsh
Definition (short): Cush
Definition (full): a son of Ham, also his descendants, also a land in the southern Nile Valley

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Probably of foreign origin; Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory; also of an Israelite -- Chush, Cush, Ethiopia.
KJV: And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
NASB: The name of the second river is Gihon; it flows around the whole land of Cush.
KJV: And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
NASB: The sons of Ham were Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan.
KJV: And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
NASB: The sons of Cush were Seba and Havilah and Sabtah and Raamah and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
KJV: And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
NASB: Now Cush became the father of Nimrod; he became a mighty one on the earth.
KJV: And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,
NASB: When he heard them say concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, "Behold, he has come out to fight against you," he sent messengers again to Hezekiah saying,