king of (Anzan = Susiana, Tiele Bab .-Assyr. Gesch. 469 , and) Persia, conqueror of Babylon ( Tiele ib; 468 ff. ), restorer of Jews to Palestine Is 44:28 ; 45:1 Ezr 1: 7; called

פָּרַס מֶלֶךְ 2 Ch 36:22 ^(×2), 23 Ezr 1:1 ^(×2), 2 also Ezr 1:8 ; 4:3 , 5 Dn 10: 1; simply הַמֶּלֶךְ Dn 1:2 1.

• I . כּוּשׁ S 3568 TWOT 969 GK 3932, 3933 n.pr.pers.m. , gent. et terr. ( ^Egyptian

Kōš , Steindorff ^{BAS i, 593}, Assyrian Kûsu , Id. ^ib. Dl ^{Pa 251}; Kaši in Tel Amarna tablets, vid. Wkl ^{TelAm. 39} ) ;— 1. 1st ‘son’ of חָם Gn 10: 6, 7 ( P ) = 1 Ch 1: 8, 9 , Ö Χονς , É Chus , from whom descended according to these vv. the southernmost peoples known to Hebrews. 2. land and people of southern Nile-valley, or Upper Egypt, extending from Syene (ez 29:10 ) indefinitely to the south, Ö Αιθιοπια, Αιθιοπες :
a. the land Is 11:11 ; 18:1 Zp 3:10 Ez 29:10 Jb 28:19 Est 1: 1; 8:9 . b. the people Is 20:4 Je 46:9 Ez 38: 5; personif. ψ 68:32 . c. indeterminate, either land or people, or including both: Is 20:3 , 5 ; 43:3 ; 45:14 2 K 19:9 = Is 37:9 Na 3:9 Ez 30: 4, 5 , 9 ψ 87:4 ( Ö λαὸς Αιθιοπων ). 3. in Gn 10:8 ( J ) = 1 Ch 1:10 כּוּשׁ is err. for כַּשׁ = Bab. Kaššu , according to Schr ^COT on Gn 10:6 , Dl ^Pa 51 ff. 72 f. and most Assyriol.; so perhaps also Gn 2:13 ( J ), yet v. Hpt Über Ld. u. Meer , 1894–5, No. 15 .

• II . כּוּשׁ S 3568 TWOT 969 GK 3932, 3933 n.pr.m. a Benjamite, ψ 7:1 (title), Ö Χουσει υἱοῦ Ιεµενει .

• I . כּוּשָׁי adj. gent. of ^I. כּוּשׁ ^;—m. כּוּשִׁי Je 13:23 + 13 times; f. כֻּשִׁית Nu 12:1 ^(×2); pl. כּוּשִׁים Zp 2:12 + 6 times; כֻּשִֿׁים Dn 11:4 3; כֻּשִׁיִּים Am 9: 7;— a. sg. agreeing with noun Nu 12:1 ^(×2) ( E ; only here fem. );
b. = subst .; a Cushite Je 13:2 3. c. id. c. art.; the Cushite , of Joab’s adjutant 2 S 18:21 ^(×2) (where read חַכּ׳ , for MT כ׳ , We Dr Kit B u), v 2 2, 23 , 31 ^(×2), 32 ^(×2); in appos. with n.pr. Je 38: 7, 10 , 12 ; 39:16 2 Ch 14: 8. d. pl. (הַ)כּוּשִׁים = subst. Zp 2:12 2 Ch 12: 3; 14:11 ^(×2), 12 ; 16:8 ; 21:16 ; so כֻּשִֿׁים Dn 11:4 3, כֻּשִׁיִּים ( si vera l. ) Am 9:7 .

Tiele C. P. Tiele. Gesch. Geschichte. BAS Beiträge zur Assyriologie u. Semit. Sprachwissenschaft , edd. Dl. & Hpt. Dl Friedrich Delitzsch, Wo lag das Paradies?

Wkl H. Winckler.

TelAm. TA, q.v. . Kit R. Kittel.