What does כּוּשִׁי (kûšiy) mean in the Bible?
כּוּשִׁי (kûšiy): Ethnic/geographic designation for peoples of ancient Nubia/Upper Nile region, often associated with African identity in OT narrative.
Hebrew · H3569
כּוּשִׁי
A Cushite , or descendant of Cush
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כּוּשִׁי H3569
Pronunciation kûšiy
What does כּוּשִׁי (kûšiy) mean in the Bible?
כּוּשִׁי (kûšiy): Ethnic/geographic designation for peoples of ancient Nubia/Upper Nile region, often associated with African identity in OT narrative.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H3569?
The BSB source-word alignment has 26 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include the Cushite (10), the Cushites (4), and Cushites (2), . . . (1), a Cushite (1).
Where does כּוּשִׁי (kûšiy) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Numbers 12:1. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Samuel (8), 2 Chronicles (7), Jeremiah (5), Numbers (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It the Cushite 10× Numbers 12:1, 2 Samuel 18:21, 2 Samuel 18:22, 2 Samuel 18:23
the Cushites 4× 2 Chronicles 14:12, 2 Chronicles 14:13, 2 Chronicles 16:8, 2 Chronicles 21:16
and Cushites 2× 2 Chronicles 12:3, Daniel 11:43
. . . 1× 2 Samuel 18:31
a Cushite 1× Numbers 12:1
And the Cushite 1× 2 Samuel 18:32
and the Cushites 1× 2 Chronicles 14:12
Can the Ethiopian 1× Jeremiah 13:23
like the Cushites 1× Amos 9:7
O Cushites 1× Zephaniah 2:12
of Cushi 1× Zephaniah 1:1
the Cushite that 1× Jeremiah 39:16
to a Cushite 1× 2 Samuel 18:21
Show sample aligned rows
Numbers 12:1 הַכֻּשִׁ֖ית to the Cushite Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular Numbers 12:1 כֻשִׁ֖ית to a Cushite Noun - proper - feminine singular 2 Samuel 18:21 לַכּוּשִׁ֔י to to a Cushite Preposition-l, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular 2 Samuel 18:21 כוּשִׁ֛י to The Cushite Noun - proper - masculine singular 2 Samuel 18:22 הַכּוּשִׁ֑י to the Cushite Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular 2 Samuel 18:23 הַכּוּשִֽׁי׃ to the Cushite Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular 2 Samuel 18:31 הַכּוּשִׁ֖י to the Cushite Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular 2 Samuel 18:31 הַכּוּשִׁ֗י to . . . Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular 2 Samuel 18:32 הַכּוּשִׁ֔י to the Cushite Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular 2 Samuel 18:32 הַכּוּשִׁ֗י to And the Cushite Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Numbers 12:1
Aligned rows 26
Books represented 7
Numbers 2 2 Samuel 8 2 Chronicles 7 Jeremiah 5 Daniel 1 Amos 1 Zephaniah 2
Source forms
הַכּוּשִׁ֗י 3x hak·kū·šî 2 Samuel 18:31, 2 Samuel 18:32, 2 Chronicles 14:9
הַכּוּשִׁ֜י 3x hak·kū·šî Jeremiah 38:7, Jeremiah 38:12, Jeremiah 39:16
הַכּוּשִׁ֖י 2x hak·kū·šî 2 Samuel 18:31, Jeremiah 38:10
הַכּוּשִׁ֑י 1x hak·kū·šî 2 Samuel 18:22
הַכּוּשִׁ֔י 1x hak·kū·šî 2 Samuel 18:32
הַכּוּשִֽׁי׃ 1x hak·kū·šî 2 Samuel 18:23
הַכּוּשִׁ֔ים 1x hak·kū·šîm 2 Chronicles 14:12
הַכּוּשִׁ֣ים 1x hak·kū·šîm 2 Chronicles 16:8
Parsing patterns
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular 11x 2 Samuel 18:22, 2 Samuel 18:23, 2 Samuel 18:31, 2 Samuel 18:32
Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural 3x 2 Chronicles 14:12, 2 Chronicles 16:8
Noun - proper - masculine plural 3x 2 Chronicles 21:16, Amos 9:7, Zephaniah 2:12
Noun - proper - masculine singular 3x 2 Samuel 18:21, Jeremiah 13:23, Zephaniah 1:1
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine plural 2x 2 Chronicles 12:3, Daniel 11:43
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular 1x Numbers 12:1
Noun - proper - feminine singular 1x Numbers 12:1
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular 1x 2 Samuel 18:21
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Ethnic/geographic designation for peoples of ancient Nubia/Upper Nile region, often associated with African identity in OT narrative.
Source Gloss
a Cushite , or descendant of Cush
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Ethnic/geographic designation for peoples of ancient Nubia/Upper Nile region, often associated with African identity in OT narrative.
a Cushite, or descendant of Cush BDB: a Cushite Usage: Cushi, Cushite, Ethiopian(-s).
Grammatical Forms
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Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
Cushite person used in rhetorical comparison about inability to change nature
Showing 1 selected witness from 23 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
כּוּשִׁי is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain