Difference between revisions of "Cushi"

<p> 1. Joab's messenger to [[David]] on the death of Absalom. 2 Samuel 18:21-32 , where the R.V. has 'the Cushite.' </p> <p> 2. Ancestor of Jehudi. Jeremiah 36:14 . </p> <p> 3. Father of Zephaniah the prophet. Zephaniah 1:1 . </p>

<p> '''''kū´shı̄''''' : This name represents כּוּשׁי , <i> '''''kūshı̄''''' </i> , in the original [[Septuagint]] Χουσεί , <i> '''''Chouseı́''''' </i> , Χουσί , <i> '''''Chousı́''''' </i> ), 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 Ps 7, title read "Cushi" with Septuagint. </p> <p> (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 , 2 Samuel 18:23 , 2 Samuel 18:11 (twice), 2 Samuel 18:32 (twice). </p> <p> (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." </p> <p> (3) The father of Zephaniah the prophet (Zephaniah 1:1 ). </p>