Bible Dictionary: Cushi

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Smith's Bible Dictionary

Cushi

Properly "the Cushite," "the Ethiopian," a man apparently attached to Joab's person. (2 Samuel 18:21-25,31,32)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

CUSHI

ku'-shi: This name represents kushi, (in the original Septuagint Chousei, Chousi), either with or without the article. With the article (so in 2 Samuel 18:21-32 seven out of eight times, all readings supported by the Septuagint) it simply indicate that the person so designated was of the Cushite people, as in Jeremiah 38:7. Its use without the article has doubtless developed out of the foregoing according to a familiar process. For the Cush of Psalm 7, title read "Cushi" with Septuagint.

(1) The messenger (the Revised Version (British and American) "the Cushite") sent by Joab to acquaint David with the victory over Absalom. That this man was in fact a foreigner is indicated by his ignorance of a shorter path which Ahimaaz took, by his being unrecognized by the watchman who recognizes Ahimaaz, and by his ignorance, as compared with Ahimaaz, of the sentiments of David, whom he knows only as a king and not as a man. 2 Samuel 18:21 (twice, the second time without the article), 2 Samuel 18:22, 23, 11 (twice), 2 Samuel 18:32 (twice).

(2) The great-grandfather of Jehudi, a contemporary of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 36:14). The name Jehudi itself ("a man of Judah") is sufficient refutation of the opinion that the use of Cushi as or in lieu of a proper name "seems to show that there were but few Cushites among the Israelites."

(3) The father of Zephaniah the prophet (Ze 1:1).

J. Oscar Boyd

Strong's Hebrew

3570. Kushi -- two Israelites
... 3569, 3570. Kushi. 3571 . two Israelites. Transliteration: Kushi Phonetic Spelling:
(koo-shee') Short Definition: Cushi. ... NASB Word Usage Cushi (2). Cushi. ...
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3569. Kushi -- descendant of Cush
... Cushi, Cushite, Ethiopians. Patronymically from Kuwsh; a Cushite, or descendant
of Cush -- Cushi, Cushite, Ethiopian(-s). see HEBREW Kuwsh. 3568b, 3569. ...
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Library

The Wail of a Broken Heart
... Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. ... And he said unto him,
Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.24. ...
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How, when Absalom was Beaten, He was Caught in a Tree by his Hair ...
... him to desist. He then called Cushi, and committed the business to him,
that he should tell the king what he had seen. But when ...
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Zephaniah and Haggai.
... Zephaniah and Haggai. Zephaniah. The Prophet. He is a son of Cushi, a descendant
of Hezekiah, and prophesied about 630 BC during the reign of Josiah. ...
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The Twelve Minor Prophets.
... The genealogy of Zephaniah is given through Cushi, Gedaliah, and Amariah to Hezekiah;
for in the original Hebrew the words Hizkiah and Hezekiah are the same. ...
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Thesaurus

Cushi (7 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia CUSHI. ku'-shi: This ... process. For the Cush
of Psalm 7, title read "Cushi" with Septuagint. (1) The ...
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Jehudi (3 Occurrences)
... His name is noteworthy, as also is that of his grandfather Cushi (ie "Ethiopian"),
and the two are said to point to a foreign origin. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Runneth (36 Occurrences)
... (YLT). 2 Samuel 18:21 And Joab saith to Cushi, 'Go, declare to the king that which
thou hast seen;' and Cushi boweth himself to Joab, and runneth. (YLT). ...
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Boweth (53 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 18:21 And Joab saith to Cushi, 'Go, declare to the king that which thou
hast seen;' and Cushi boweth himself to Joab, and runneth. (YLT). ...
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Cushim (8 Occurrences)

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Gedaliah (31 Occurrences)
... Made great by Jehovah. (1.) the son of Jeduthum (1 Chronicles 25:3, 9). (2.) The
grandfather of the prophet Zephaniah, and the father of Cushi (Zephaniah 1:1). ...
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Zephani'ah (10 Occurrences)
... Zephaniah 1:1 A word of Jehovah that hath been unto Zephaniah son of Cushi, son
of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezikiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amoz ...
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Neri'ah (8 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 36:14 and all the heads send unto Baruch, Jehudi son of Nethaniah, son
of Shelemiah, son of Cushi, saying, 'The roll in which thou hast read in the ...
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Nethani'ah (20 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 36:14 and all the heads send unto Baruch, Jehudi son of Nethaniah, son
of Shelemiah, son of Cushi, saying, 'The roll in which thou hast read in the ...
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Nerijah (8 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 36:14 And all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of
Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thy hand the roll in ...
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Bible Concordance

Cushi (7 Occurrences)

2 Samuel 18:21 Then said Joab to the Cushite, "Go, tell the king what you have seen!" The Cushite bowed himself to Joab, and ran.
(Root in WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 18:22 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, "But come what may, please let me also run after the Cushite." Joab said, "Why do you want to run, my son, seeing that you will have no reward for the news?"
(Root in WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 18:23 "But come what may," he said, "I will run." He said to him, "Run!" Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and outran the Cushite.
(Root in WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 18:31 Behold, the Cushite came. The Cushite said, "News for my lord the king; for Yahweh has avenged you this day of all those who rose up against you."
(Root in WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 18:32 The king said to the Cushite, "Is it well with the young man Absalom?" The Cushite answered, "May the enemies of my lord the king, and all who rise up against you to do you harm, be as that young man is."
(Root in WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 36:14 Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, Take in your hand the scroll in which you have read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the scroll in his hand, and came to them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Zephaniah 1:1 The word of Yahweh which came to Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Cushi

Cushi: A Messenger, Who Brought News to David

Cushi: Father of Shelemiah

Cushi: Father of Zephaniah

Related Terms

Jehudi (3 Occurrences)

Runneth (36 Occurrences)

Boweth (53 Occurrences)

Cushim (8 Occurrences)

Gedaliah (31 Occurrences)

Zephani'ah (10 Occurrences)