Cush in the Bible

Meaning: blacknesspar

Exact Match

May all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed. They shall turn back, they shall be disgraced suddenly. A meditation by David, which he sang to Yahweh, concerning the words of Cush, the Benjamite.

Verse ConceptsdisgraceOvercoming EnemiesShame Will ComeBeing Overwhelmedoverwhelmed

'The Erring One,' by David, that he sung to Jehovah concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite. O Jehovah, my God, in Thee I have trusted, Save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me.

Verse ConceptsSuffering SaintsPersecution, Christian ResponseTrust

“I will mention those who know Me:
Rahab, Babylon, Philistia, Tyre, and Cush
each one was born there.”

Verse ConceptsAfrica

Thematic Bible



The name of the second river is Gihon, which compasseth all the land of Cush.

The princes shall come out of Egypt; the Ethiopians land shall stretch out her hands unto God.

Woe be unto the land under the shadow of wings, which is beyond the waters of Ethiopia:


The sons of Ham were: Cush, Mizraim, Phut and Canaan. The sons of Cush: were Seva, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah were: Sheba, and Dedan. Cush also begot Nimrod, which began to be mighty in the earth:

The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put and Canaan. The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dadan. And Cush begat Nimrod: which Nimrod began to wax mighty upon the earth.