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CUTA Biblical name of a city of Babylon, center of the idolatrous cult of the god Nergal (2 Kings 17:29-30). Sargon II, king of Syria, expatriated...
CUS (Hebrew, “black”). (a) Son of Ham and his descendants. They formed towns from Arabia and the African coast (Gen. 10:6-8). (b) The country inhabited by...
TANNER The tanning of skins was already carried out in Egypt, as attested in the monuments. It is the operation of transforming skin into leather. In...
BLAME Violation of the law for which punishment is deserved. One is guilty even of the sins he commits unconsciously (Lev. 5:17). A community can suffer...
CORIANDER A round aromatic seed, from the plant “Coriandrum sativum”, to which manna was compared, both in shape and color. Coriander grows wild in Arabia, North...
CAVE Palestine is notable for the number of caves in it, some of which are large in size. David and his followers were in a cave...
RAVEN The word “oreb”, from a root meaning “to be black”, seems to be used not only of the common crow, but also of birds of...
HORN It was used as a trumpet (Josh. 6:13) or a flask for oil (1 Sam. 16:1; 1 Kings 1:39). It was a symbol of power...
ROPES The Hebrew language has many words to designate the different kinds of ropes, cords and cords, according to their different uses or the materials from...
KNIFE The Israelites used, to kill animals, or to tear them into pieces, a knife whose Hebrew name denotes an instrument for preparing food (Gen. 22:6;...
