Strong's H3568 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: כּוּשׁ (Kûwsh)

Pronunciation: koosh

Morphology: n-pr-m n-pr-loc

Part of Speech: n pr m, n pr loc

Name Meaning: Cush = "black"

Derivation: probably of foreign origin

Definition: Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory; also of an Israelite

KJV Renderings: Chush, Cush, Ethiopia

Senses

1. a Benjamite mentioned only in the title of Ps 7:1
2. the son of Ham and grandson of Noah and the progenitor of the southernmost peoples located in Africa
3. the peoples descended from Cush
4. the land occupied by the descendants of Cush located around the southern parts of the Nile (Ethiopia)