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 river is Gibon, it is that which is surrounding the whole land of Cush;

Come do fat ones out of Egypt, Cush causeth her hands to run to God.

Ho, land shadowed with wings, That is beyond the rivers of Cush,


And sons of Ham are Cush, and Mitzraim, and Phut, and Canaan. And sons of Cush are Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah; and sons of Raamah are Sheba and Dedan. And Cush hath begotten Nimrod;

Sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. And sons of Cush: Seba and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecka. And sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the land.