Midvash

כּוּתKûwth

proper name [of a location]: whence king of Assyria (Sargon) transported colonists into Northern Israel (2 Kings 17:4; 2 Kings 17:30; 2 Kings 17:24)

Pronunciation: kooth · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3575

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Kings 17:24 The king of Assyria transported groups of people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and resettled them in the towns of Samaria, replacing the people of Israel. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.
  • 2 Kings 17:30 Those from Babylon worshiped idols of their god Succoth-benoth. Those from Cuthah worshiped their god Nergal. And those from Hamath worshiped Ashima.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).