Word

כּוּשִׁי

Kûwshîy · H3569 · Hebrew · proper noun · 25 occurrences

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Person

Cushimessenger5 verses

Meanings

Cushite

Member of the ethnic group that is regarded as descendants of Cush, son of Ham

Examples
2 Samuel 18:21 Then Joab said to the Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen.” So the Cushite bowed to Joab and ran.
2 Samuel 18:22 However, Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said once more to Joab, “But whatever happens, please let me also run after the Cushite.” And Joab said, “Why would you run, my son, since you will have no messenger’s reward for going?”
2 Samuel 18:23 “But whatever happens,” he said, “I will run.” So he said to him, “Run.” Then Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain and passed by the Cushite.

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Named alongside itApposition

4 occurrences in 3 groups

אִשָּׁהwoman, wife 2
זֶרַחdawn 1
אִישׁman, person, each 1

What it doesIt is the subject

9 occurrences in 7 groups

אָמַרto say 3
הָיָהto be, to become 1
הָפַךְto turn, to change, to overturn 1
נוּסto flee 1
שָׁחָהto bow down, to worship 1
שָׁמַעto hear, to listen, to obey 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

נָגַףto strike, to defeat 1
צָוָהto give orders 1

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

מִצְעָד(one's) steps 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

5 occurrences in 4 groups

לto/for 4
אַחַרafter, behind 2
אֵלto, toward 2
מִןfrom 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

2 occurrences in 2 groups

בֵּןson 1
יָדhand, power 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries

Names of Groups003001006: The word designates a Cushite, a member of the people descended from Cush, as with the Cushite messenger who reports Absalom's death in 2 Samuel 18:21.
Names of People003001007: The word also serves as a personal name, Cushi, borne by individuals such as the father of Zephaniah the prophet in Zephaniah 1:1.

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

כּוּשִׁיKûwshîy · H3569כּוּשִׁית Kûwshîyth · H3571 · Cushite, Cushi · 0×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3569. Kushi I. כּוּשִׁי adjective, of a people of I. כּוּשׁ; — masculine כּוּשִׁי Jer…

H3569. Kushi
I. כּוּשִׁי adjective, of a people of I. כּוּשׁ; — masculine כּוּשִׁי Jer 13:23 Jer 13:13t.; feminine כֻּשִׁית Num 12:1 (twice in verse); plural כּוּשִׁים Zep 2:12 Zep 2:6t.; כֻּשִֿׁים Dan 11:43; כֻּשִׁיִּים Amo 9:7; —
a. singular agreeing with noun Num 12:1 (twice in verse) (E; only here feminine).
b. = substantive, a Cushite Jer 13:23.
c. id. with article, the Cushite, of Joab's adjutant 2Sa 18:21 (twice in verse) (where read ׳חַכּ, for ׳כ ᵑ0, We Dr Kit Bu), 2Sa 18:22; 2Sa 18:23; 2Sa 18:31; 2Sa 18:31; 2Sa 18:32; 2Sa 18:32; in apposition with proper name Jer 38:7, Jer 38:10, Jer 38:12; Jer 39:16; 2Ch 14:8.
d. plural כּוּשִׁים (הַ) = substantive Zep 2:12; 2Ch 12:3; 2Ch 14:11 (twice in verse); 2Ch 14:12; 2Ch 16:8; 2Ch 21:16; so כֻּשִֿׁים Dan 11:43, כֻּשִׁיִּים (si vera lectio) Amo 9:7.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Names of Groups25 occurrences Names of People0 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0