כּוּשִׁי kushi

Hebrew word for “Ethiopian” · Strong’s H3569 · used 26 times in 21 verses

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Meaning

Someone from Ethiopia;

Senses in the lexicon

• Ethiopian (25)
• Cushi (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for kushi in context, with how often each is used:

• cushite 16
• cushites 9
• cushi 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

2 Samuel 18 (5), 2 Chronicles 14 (3), Jeremiah 38 (3), Numbers 12 (1), 2 Chronicles 12 (1), 2 Chronicles 16 (1), 2 Chronicles 21 (1), Jeremiah 13 (1), Jeremiah 39 (1), Daniel 11 (1)

Forms

• הכושׁי 11
• כושׁי 3
• הכושׁים 3
• כושׁים 2
• הכשׁית 1
• כשׁית 1
• לכושׁי 1
• וכושׁים 1
• מכושׁים 1
• וכשׁים 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with kushi more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• עֶבֶד מֶלֶךְ eved melekh “Ebed-melech” 4
• לוּב luvi “Libyan” 3
• רוּץ ruts “to run” 3
• יִרְמְיָהוּ yirmeyah “Jeremiah” 3
• אֲחִימַעַץ achimaats “Ahimaaz” 2
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 4
• אָסָא asa “Asa” 2
• פָּרָשׁ parash “horseman” 2
• בּוֹר bor “pit” 2
• מִצְרַיִם mitsrayim “Egypt” 3
• רֶכֶב rekhev “chariot” 2
• גַּם gam “also” 3

Key verses

The verses using kushi that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Numbers 12:1 — And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
• 2 Chronicles 12:3 — With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims,…
• 2 Chronicles 14:9 — And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.
• 2 Chronicles 14:12 — So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.
• 2 Chronicles 14:13 — And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were…
• 2 Chronicles 16:8 — Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered them into…
• 2 Chronicles 21:16 — Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians:
• Jeremiah 13:23 — Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
• Jeremiah 38:7 — Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in…
• Jeremiah 39:16 — Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and…
• Amos 9:7 — Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the…
• Zephaniah 2:12 — Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.

See all 21 verses in the Word Atlas

Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.