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



And the name of the second river, Gihon: that surrounding all the land of Cush.

The rich shall come out of Egypt; Cush shall cause its hand to run to God.

Wo to the land of the whizzing of wings, which is from beyond the rivers of Cush:


And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha; and the sons of Raamah; Sheba and Dedan. And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be strong in the earth.

The sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. The sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. And Cush begat Nimrod. He began to be strong in the earth.