Strong H3570כּוּשִׁי
Cushi
- Transliteration
- kûshîy
- Pronunciation
- koo-shee'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
The same as H3569; {Cushi} the name of two Israelites: - Cushi.
Meaning of the name
Cushi = "their blackness"
Detailed definition
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at Jer.36.14;
father of: Shelemiah (H8018K)
father of: Shelemiah (H8018K)
In the biblical story
Cushi
Ancestor of Jehudi, who read Jeremiah's scroll
Cushi was the great grandfather of Jehudi, who was sent to fetch Baruch to read Jeremiah's scroll. (Jer.36.14)
In the Bible
Strong H3570 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- cushi2
First verses
- Jeremiah 36:14Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them.
- Zephaniah 1:1The word of the Lord which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.