Cush in the Bible

Meaning: blacknesspar

Exact Match

Cush and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war, hanging up their body-covers and head-dresses of war in you: they gave you your glory.

Verse ConceptsHead coveringArmoryHelmetsEarthly ArmiesSource Of Honour

Behold, therefore, I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even to the border of Cush.

Verse ConceptsBoundariesEthiopiaAfricaLand Becoming EmptyPeople Destroying Foreign Nations

And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Cush, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.

Verse ConceptsFoundationsAfricaFoundations Of NationsKilled With The SwordTaking Possessions

Cush, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Kub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.

Verse ConceptsAfricaKilled With The Sword

On that day messengers will go down from {before me} in the ships to terrify unsuspecting Cush, and anguish will be in them on the day of Egypt; for look, [it is] coming!"

Verse ConceptsComplacencySeafaringSea Travel

Thematic Bible



The name of the second river is Gihon; it flows around the whole land of Cush.

Envoys will come out of Egypt;
Ethiopia will quickly stretch out her hands to God.

Alas, oh land of whirring wings
Which lies beyond the rivers of Cush,


The sons of Ham were Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan. The sons of Cush were Seba and Havilah and Sabtah and Raamah and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan. Now Cush became the father of Nimrod; he became a mighty one on the earth.

The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan. Cush became the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.