Cush in the Bible

Meaning: blacknesspar

Exact Match

These events took place during the days of Ahasuerus, who ruled 127 provinces from India to Cush.

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On the twenty-third day of the third month (that is, the month Sivan), the royal scribes were summoned. Everything was written exactly as Mordecai ordered for the Jews, to the satraps, the governors, and the officials of the 127 provinces from India to Cush. The edict was written for each province in its own script, for each ethnic group in its own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.

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Thematic Bible



And the name of the second [is] Gihon. It went around all the land of Cush.

Ambassadors will come from Egypt; Cush will quickly stretch out her hands to God.

Ah! land [of the] whirring of wings, which [is] beyond the rivers of Cush,


And the sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. And the sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. And Cush fathered Nimrod. {He was the first on earth to be a mighty warrior}.

The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. And Cush fathered Nimrod; he himself began to be mighty on earth.