In the bible, Cush is the name of the son of Ham (GEN 10:6), as well as name of a Benjamite (Psalm 7:0). Meaning of the name: Cushan, Cushi, Ethiopians; blackness. Related names are: Raamah,
Havilah,
Sheba (and others ...)
. The translations of Cush in 49 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
ichthys
below, from
Eunuco in Spanish to
كوش in Arabic!
And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. (GEN 10:6)
And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. (GEN 10:7)
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. (GEN 10:8)
The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. (1CH 1:8)
And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. (1CH 1:9)
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth. (1CH 1:10)
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. (ISA 11:11)