Cush in the Bible

Meaning: blacknesspar

Exact Match

And it happened in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Cush--[over] one hundred and twenty-seven provinces.

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And the secretaries of the king were summoned at that time, in the third month, which [is] in the month of Sivan on the twenty-third [day], and [an edict] was written according to all that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews and to the governors and satraps and officials of the provinces from India to Cush--one hundred and twenty-seven provinces--each province according to its own script and to every people in their own {language}, and to the Jews in their own script and language.

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Thematic Bible



The name of the second river is Gihon it winds through the entire land of Cush.

Envoys will come from Egypt. Let the Ethiopians stretch out their hands to God.

Woe to the land of whirring wings that is beyond the rivers of Cush,


Ham's descendants included Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. Cush's descendants included Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah's descendants included Sheba and Dedan. Cush fathered Nimrod, who became the first fearless leader throughout the land.

Ham's descendants were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. Cush's descendants were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabteca. Raamah's descendants were Sheba and Dedan. Cush fathered Nimrod. He became the first powerful ruler on the earth.



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