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Strong's H3569 כּוּשִׁי (kushi)

Kushi means “Cushi” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G3569 — tanyn (“things now”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H3569
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 20
Books 6

Strong's H3569 Quick Answer

Strong's H3569 כּוּשִׁי (Kuwshiy) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Kuwshiy (koo-shee') adj. 1. a Cushite, or descendant of Cush [patronymically from H3568] It has 20 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include ethiopians, cushi, and ethiopian. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
Kuwshiy (koo-shee') adj. 1. a Cushite, or descendant of Cush [patronymically from H3568]
Usage
20 linked usages
Books
6 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
ethiopians, cushi, and ethiopian

Meaning and Definition

Kuwshiy (koo-shee') adj. 1. a Cushite, or descendant of Cush [patronymically from H3568] KJV: Cushi, Cushite, Ethiopian(-s). Root(s): H3568

Original Word
כּוּשִׁי
Transliteration
Kuwshiy
Derivation
First root strongs: 3568
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3569. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

Ethiopian

Usage: Someone from Ethiopia Group of kush (כּוּשׁ "Ethiopia" H3568H) § Cushi or Ethiopian, of Cush "their blackness" inhabitant of Ethiopia, land of one of the descendants of Cush the grandson of Noah

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How Strong's H3569 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Kuwshiy, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

Ethiopians 2 Chronicles 12:3 Cushi 2 Samuel 18:21 Ethiopian 2 Chronicles 14:9

How Strong's H3569 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 20 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H3569 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H3569 in the Old Testament

20 indexed usages in Old Testament.

2 Samuel 18:21 KJV

Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.

2 Samuel 18:22 KJV

Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready?

2 Samuel 18:23 KJV

But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.

Usage Excerpts

First 20 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3569.

2 Samuel 18:21 Old Testament, KJV
Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.
2 Samuel 18:22 Old Testament, KJV
Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready?
2 Samuel 18:23 Old Testament, KJV
But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.
2 Samuel 18:31 Old Testament, KJV
And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee.
2 Samuel 18:32 Old Testament, KJV
And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.
2 Chronicles 12:3 Old Testament, KJV
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, and the Ethiopians.
2 Chronicles 14:9 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.
2 Chronicles 14:13 Old Testament, KJV
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 destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.
2 Chronicles 16:8 Old Testament, KJV
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 thine hand.
2 Chronicles 21:16 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians:
Jeremiah 13:23 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
Now when Ebedmelech 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 the gate of Benjamin;
Jeremiah 38:10 Old Testament, KJV
Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.
Jeremiah 38:12 Old Testament, KJV
And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.
Jeremiah 39:16 Old Testament, KJV
Go and speak to Ebedmelech 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 not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee.
Daniel 11:43 Old Testament, KJV
But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
Amos 9:7 Old Testament, KJV
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 Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
Zephaniah 1:1 Old Testament, KJV
The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.
Zephaniah 2:12 Old Testament, KJV
Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3569, grouped by book.

2 Samuel 5 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 6 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 5 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Old Testament
Zephaniah 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H3569 FAQ

What does kushi (כּוּשִׁי) mean?

Kushi (Strong's H3569) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Cushi". Kuwshiy (koo-shee') adj. 1. a Cushite, or descendant of Cush [patronymically from H3568]

How many times is kushi (כּוּשִׁי) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 20 linked usages for Strong's H3569 across 6 books.

Where can I study kushi (כּוּשִׁי) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3569 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate kushi (כּוּשִׁי)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as ethiopians, cushi, and ethiopian. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.