CUSHI koosh’ ī, CUSHITE koosh’ īte (כּוּשִׁי֒, H3934, LXX Χουσί, Cushite). Used as a proper name and as a designation of nationality. As a proper name: 1. The great-grandfather of Jehudi, a prince in the court of Jehoiakim (Jer 36:14); 2. The father of the prophet Zephaniah (Zeph 1:1). 3. Messenger sent by Joab to David (KJV, 2 Sam 18:21). The RSV tr. “the Cushite”—as a nationality. Details of the narrative indicate the man is a foreigner. Moses’ wife is called a Cushite (Num 12:1), and this seems to be racial discrimination, but see Cushan. Usually Cushi is tr. ETHIOPIAN in KJV and RSV.