Ethiopia

Country of burnt faces; the Greek word by which the Hebrew Cush is rendered (Gen. 2:13; 2 Kings 19:9; Esther 1:1; Job 28:19; Ps. 68:31; 87:4), a country which lay to the south of Egypt, beginning at Syene on the First Cataract (Ezek. 29:10; 30:6), and extending to beyond the confluence of the White and Blue Nile. It corresponds generally with what is now known as the Soudan (i.e., the land of the blacks). This country was known to the Hebrews, and is described in Isa. 18:1; Zeph. 3:10. They carried on some commercial intercourse with it (Isa. 45:14).

Its inhabitants were descendants of Ham (Gen. 10:6; Jer. 13:23; Isa. 18:2, “scattered and peeled,” A.V.; but in R.V., “tall and smooth”). Herodotus, the Greek historian, describes them as “the tallest and handsomest of men.” They are frequently represented on Egyptian monuments, and they are all of the type of the true negro. As might be expected, the history of this country is interwoven with that of Egypt.

Recorded scripture occurrences (4)

References recorded in the source data; this is not an exhaustive list of mentions.

Show passage in OET: GEN 2:13

OET-RV GEN 2:13

13 The second river was named Gihon, and it winds through the entire region of Kush (Ethiopia).

OET-LV GEN 2:13

13 And_name _of the_river the_second is_Giyḩōn it the_(one)_going _around DOM all _of the _land _of Kūsh/(Cush).

Show passage in OET: JOB 28:19

OET-RV JOB 28:19

19 The good topaz from Kush (Ethiopia) can’t be compared with it.
⇔ ≈ It can’t be paid for with gold.

OET-LV JOB 28:19

19 Not it_will _be _comparable _to _it (the)_topaz _of Kūsh/(Cush) in_gold pure not it _will _be _paid.

Show passage in OET: EST 1:1

OET-RV EST 1:1

1 The following events happened during the reign of Emperor Ahashverosh (Ahasuerus /Xerxes). (Also known as King Ahashverosh, he ruled the 127 provinces of Paras (Persia) extending from Hodu to Kush (Ethiopia).)

OET-LV EST 1:1

1 And_he/it _was in_the _days _of ʼAḩashvērōsh that ʼAḩashvērōsh who_reigned from_Hoddū/(India) and_unto Kūsh/(Cush) seven and_twenty and_one _hundred province[s].

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