Cuth*, Cuthah — Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

Town in southern Babylonia (2 Kgs 17:24) from which some people were taken and relocated in Samaria after the Assyrian conquest (722 BC). The name appears also in Assyrian and Babylonian sources. In 1881 Hormuzd Rassam identified Cuthah as an ancient city whose towering ruins are located at modern Tell Ibrahim, about 20 miles (32.2 kilometers) northeast of Babylon. Cuthah was the location of a temple dedicated to Nergal, its patron deity (v 30).

Show passage in OET: KI2 17:24

OET-RV KI2 17:24

24 Then the Assyrian king sent people from Bavel (Babylon) and from Kut and from Ivah and from Hamat and Sefarvayim, and he settled them in the cities of the northern kingdom in place of the Israelis. And they possessed Shomron (Samaria) and lived in its towns.

OET-LV KI2 17:24

24 And_ the _king _of ʼAshshūr _he/it _brought from_Bāⱱel and_from_Kūt/(Cuthah) and_from_Avva and_from_Ḩₐmāt and_Şəfarvayim and_he _caused_them_to _dwell in_the _cities _of Shomrōn in _place _of the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_they _took _possession _of DOM Shomrōn and_they _lived in_cities _of_its.

Show passage in OET: KI2 17:30

OET-RV KI2 17:30

30 Those from Bavel made their god Sukot-Benot, those from Kut made Nergal, those from Hamat made their god Ashima,

OET-LV KI2 17:30

30 And_the _people _of Bāⱱel they _made DOM Succoth Benoth and_the _people _of Cuthah they _made DOM Nērəggal and_the _people _of Ḩₐmāt they _made DOM ʼAshimāʼ.

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The Cuthans seem to have been a predominant segment of the population of postexilic Samaria, since Jews in later centuries applied that name to Samaritans in general. The religious syncretism of which the Cuthans were a part produced hostilities between Judah and Samaria following the Jews’ return from their exile. That animosity between Jews and Samaritans continued across the centuries to Jesus’ day (Jn 4:7-9).

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OET-RV JHN 4:7

7 A woman came from the town to get water from the well, and Yeshua asked her for a drink

OET-RV JHN 4:8

8 since his followers had gone into the town to buy some lunch.

OET-RV JHN 4:9

9 The woman said to him, “You’re a Yehudi (Jew). How come you’re asking me for a drink when I’m from Shomron?” (Yehudim (Jews) don’t normally associate with anyone from Shomron.)

OET-LV JHN 4:7

7 a_woman out _of the Samareia is _coming to _draw water.
The Yaʸsous is _saying to _her:
Give to _me to _drink,

OET-LV JHN 4:8

8 for/because the apprentices/followers of _him had _gone _away into the city, in _order _that they _may _buy food.

OET-LV JHN 4:9

9 Therefore the the from _Samareia/(Shomrōn) woman is _saying to _him:
How you being a_Youdaios, are _requesting to _drink from me of_a_woman being from _Samareia/(Shomrōn)?
For/Because Youdaiōns are_ not _having _association _with with _Samareitaʸs/(Shomrōn).

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