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)

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.