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CUSHI, CUSHITE.—The word Cûshî occurs with the article in Num_12:1, 2Sa_18:21; without the article in Jer_36:14, Zep_1:1. 1. With the article it is probably merely an expression of nationality, ‘the Cushite’ (see Cush). It was looked upon as a disgrace that Moses should have married a Cushite. 2. Without the article the word is used merely as a proper name. It is borne by (1) the great-grandfather of Jehudi, the latter one of Jehoiakim’s courtiers (Jer_36:14); (2) the father of the prophet Zephaniah (Zep_1:1).