Strong H3568H3568Hכּוּשׁ

Ethiopia

One of the 4 senses of Strong H3568

Transliteration
kûsh
Pronunciation
koosh
Morphology
Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

STEP sense: Ethiopia

Exact lexical definition: Cush

Part of speech: proper noun

BDB context: כּוּשׁ n.pr.pers.m ., gent . et terr . 1st ‘son’ of חָם land and people of southern Nile-valley, or Upper Egypt, extending from Syene indefinitely to the south כּוּשׁ is err. for כַּשׁ = Bab. Kaššu

General definition

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.

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