ku.shi identifies an Ethiopian individual or Ethiopians as a people in Scripture.

The term identifies Ethiopian individuals and Ethiopians as a people: singular forms identify a runner in David’s court and Ebed-melech in Jeremiah, while plural forms designate groups in military, political, and prophetic settings.

1. Ethiopian individual or people · dominant

   Singular occurrences identify particular people: in 2 Samuel 18:21 the APB renders a man sent by Joab to report to the king as “the Ethiopian,” and in Jeremiah 38:10 it identifies Ebed-melech when the king orders him to rescue Jeremiah. Plural occurrences designate a people in larger settings, including the army opposed to Asa in 2 Chronicles 16:8, those associated with Egypt in Daniel 11:43, and those addressed as slain in Zephaniah 2:12.

   2 Samuel 18:21Jeremiah 38:102 Chronicles 16:8Daniel 11:43Zephaniah 2:12Amos 9:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term as “the Ethiopian” for singular individuals and “Ethiopians” for plural groups; it also uses “Cushites” in some group references. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these English labels are contextual renderings rather than token-by-token alignments.