Cush in the Bible

Meaning: blacknesspar

Exact Match

And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

Thematic Bible



The name of the second river is Gihon; it flows around the entire land of Cush [in Mesopotamia].


Princes and envoys shall come from Egypt;
Ethiopia will quickly stretch out her hands [with the offerings of submission] to God.

Woe (judgment is coming) to the land of whirring wings
Which is beyond the rivers of Cush (Ethiopia),


The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt [Mizraim], Put, and Canaan. The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. Cush became the father of Nimrod; he was the first to be a mighty man on the earth.

The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim (Egypt), Put, and Canaan. The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. Cush was the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one upon the earth.