1. Eldest son of Ham and grandson of Noah (Gen. 10:6-8; 1 Chron. 1:8-10). His descendants are called in the AV. Ethiopians, though the Hebrew is the same: Cush. The district also occupied by the above people (Isa. 11:11), is mostly called in AV, Ethiopia. It will be seen by the genealogy that the descendants of Cush were numerous:
All these cannot be confined to Africa. Some were probably located in Arabia, and Nimrod is clearly associated with the East; so that though as a district Cush may usually refer to Africa, the Cushites must have had a much wider range. It seems clear too from Genesis 2:13 that even geographically the name Cush, or Ethiopia, was also applied to a region in Asia.
2. A Benjamite enemy of David (Psalm 7 title). Some consider that Shimei is referred to (2 Sam. 16:5, as intimated in the margin). Others think it is Saul.