H3568G
כּוּשׁ
Cush
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.6; son of: Ham (H2526); brother of: Canaan (H3667), Egypt (H4714) and Put (H6316); father of: Seba (H5434), Havilah (H2341H), Sabtah (H5454), Raamah (H7484), Sabteca (H5455) and Nimrod (H5248) § Cush = "black" a Benjamite mentioned only in the title of Ps 7:1
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
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 Gen 10:6; Gen 10:7 (P) = 1Chr 1:8; 1Chr 1:9, 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 (Ezek 29:10) indefinitely to the south, ᵐ5 Αιθιοπια, Αιθιοπες:
a. the land Isa 11:11; Isa 18:1; Zeph 3:10; Ezek 29:10; Job 28:19; Esth 1:1; Esth 8:9.
b. the people Isa 20:4; Jer 46:9; Ezek 38:5 personified Ps 68:32.
c. indeterminate, either land or people, or including both: Isa 20:3; Isa 20:5; Isa 43:3; Isa 45:14; 2Kgs 19:9 = Isa 37:9; Nah 3:9; Ezek 30:4; Ezek 30:5; Ezek 30:9; Ps 87:4 (ᵐ5 λαὸς Αιθιοπων).
a. the land Isa 11:11; Isa 18:1; Zeph 3:10; Ezek 29:10; Job 28:19; Esth 1:1; Esth 8:9.
b. the people Isa 20:4; Jer 46:9; Ezek 38:5 personified Ps 68:32.
c. indeterminate, either land or people, or including both: Isa 20:3; Isa 20:5; Isa 43:3; Isa 45:14; 2Kgs 19:9 = Isa 37:9; Nah 3:9; Ezek 30:4; Ezek 30:5; Ezek 30:9; Ps 87:4 (ᵐ5 λαὸς Αιθιοπων).
3. in Gen 10:8 (J) = 1Chr 1:10 כּוּשׁ is error for כַּשׁ = Babylonian Kaššu, according to SchrCOT on Gen 10:6, DlPa 51 ff. 72 f. and most Assyriologists; so perhaps also Gen 2:13 (J), yet see HptÜber Ld. u. Meer, 1894-5, No. 15.
II. כּוּשׁ proper name, masculine a Benjamite, Ps 7:1 (title), ᵐ5 Χουσει υιὁῦ Ιεμενει.
6 occurrences
Genesis (3), I Chronicles (3)