H3570

כּוּשִׁי

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Cushi

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at Jer.36.14; father of: Shelemiah (H8018K) § Cushi = "their blackness" 1) an ancestor of Jehudi (Jer. 36.14) 2) the father of the prophet Zephaniah (Zep. 1.1)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

II. כּוּשׁי proper name, masculine ᵐ5 Ξουσει —

1. Jer 36:14 great-grandfather of יְהוּדִי, q. v. (perhaps original appellation Cushite).

2. father of prophet Zephaniah Zeph 1:1.

1 occurrence

Jeremiah 36:14