Places in the Bible Today:

Cush 2

Data

Translated NamesCush, Ethiopia
Typeregion
NotesBabylonia may refer to the Kassites
Geo Data KML (for Google Earth)
GeoJSON (for GIS applications)

2 Possible Identifications

  1. another name for Babylonia (ancient): 35% confidence

    1. Ishtar gate from BabylonBabylonia

  2. another name for Cush 1 (ancient): 25% confidence

    1. pyramids of Nuri in Cush 1Cush 1

Verses (1)

Gen 2:13

Linked Data Identifiers

SourceIdentifier
Logos FactbookCush (region)
OpenBible.info (2007)Cush
OpenBible.infoa74ee0d (Cush 2)
TIPNRCush@Gen.2.13

Sources

  1. Collins, Genesis 1-4 (2006): page 119
  2. Cornerstone Biblical Commentary (2008-2012): Gen 2:8
  3. Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000): Cush (place)
  4. Expositor’s Bible Commentary (1984): Gen 2:11-14
  5. Hamilton, Genesis (1995): 2:13
  6. Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary (2003): Cush
  7. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1979): Cush
  8. Kidner, Genesis (1967): 2:10-14
  9. Lexham Bible Dictionary (2016): Cush
  10. Matthews, Genesis (1996, 2005): 2:10-14
  11. Nelson’s Illustrated Bible Dictionary (2014): Cush
  12. New Bible Dictionary (1996): Cush
  13. New Interpreter’s Bible Dictionary (2009): Cush, Cushite
  14. New Unger’s Bible Dictionary (1988): Cush
  15. Revised Expositor’s Bible Commentary (2012): Gen 2:11-14
  16. Tyndale Bible Dictionary (2001): Cush (Place)
  17. Williams, Genesis (2000): 2:8-17
  18. Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia (1975): Cush
  19. Zondervan Atlas of the Bible (2010): Cush
  20. Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible (2010): Cush (country)

Confidence Trends over Time

This chart indicates how confidence in the identifications is changing over time. Each dot (connected by a dotted line) reflects the confidence of an identification over the preceding ten years (e.g., the 2009 dot reflects scholarship from 2000 to 2009), and the corresponding solid line reflects a best-fit line for the identification. Confidences that cluster near or below 0% indicate low confidence. Because of the small dataset, it's best to use this chart for general trends; if one identification is trending much higher than the others, for example, then you can probably have higher confidence in the identification. This chart only reflects the sources I consulted (listed above), not an exhaustive review of the literature.

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Thumbnail Image Credits

Radomir Vrbovsky, Bruce Allardice

About

This page attempts to identify all the possible locations where this biblical place could be. The confidence levels add up to less than 100%, indicating that the modern location is uncertain. It's best to think about the confidences in relative rather than absolute terms. Often they reflect different schools of thought, each confident in their identifications.

The isobands you see on the map (gray areas with dark borders) attempt to give you confidence where a region is. Because many ancient regions aren't precisely defined, I consulted atlases to determine where the biblical region is located and used that data to build the isobands. The smaller isobands reflect more confidence that the given isoband is in the region, while the larger isobands reflect less confidence. Isobands are a kind of contour line that here indicate confidence levels.