Cush in the Bible

Meaning: blacknesspar

Exact Match

"Now as for you, Cush, you will surely be slain by my sword!

From beyond the rivers of Cush my suppliants, the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine oblation.

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.