Save Gender Masculine Usage Biblical Scripts כּוּשׁ(Ancient Hebrew) Other Forms FormsKush Meaning & History The eldest son of Ham, who was a son of Noah. He was the brother of Mizraim (Egypt), Canaan (land of Canaan), and Phut, and the father of the Biblical character Nimrod mentioned in the "Table of Nations" in the Genesis 10:6 and I Chronicles 1:8.