Bible Dictionary: Cun

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To con (a ship).

2. (v. t.) To know. See Con.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

CUN

kun (kun, A, ek ton eklekton poleon, "from the chosen cities"): One of the cities of Hadarezer, king of Syria, spoiled by David (1 Chronicles 18:8, the King James Version "Chun"). In the parallel passage (2 Samuel 8:8) its place is taken by BEROTHAH, which see.

Strong's Hebrew

3560. Kun -- a city in Aram (Syria)
... 3559, 3560. Kun. 3561 . a city in Aram (Syria). Transliteration: Kun
Phonetic Spelling: (koon) Short Definition: Cun. Word Origin ...
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Library

The Temples and the Gods of Chaldaea
... The presence of the evil spirits everywhere is shown, among other magical formulas,
by the incantation in Rawlinson, Cun, Ins. W. As., vol. ii. ...
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Thesaurus

Cun (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To con (a ship). 2. (vt) To know. See Con. Int.
Standard Bible Encyclopedia. CUN. ... Multi-Version Concordance Cun (1 Occurrence). ...
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Cummin (3 Occurrences)

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Cunning (43 Occurrences)

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Quantity (18 Occurrences)
... 1 Chronicles 18:8 From Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took very
much brass, with which Solomon made the bronze sea, and the pillars, and the ...
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Water-vessel (14 Occurrences)
... 1 Chronicles 18:8 And from Tibhath and from Cun, towns of Hadadezer, David took
a great store of brass, of which Solomon made the great brass water-vessel and ...
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Tibhath (1 Occurrence)
... 1 Chronicles 18:8 From Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took very
much brass, with which Solomon made the bronze sea, and the pillars, and the ...
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Elam (24 Occurrences)
... scribe' reads Elam) The scene of the events of 1 Samuel 17:2, referred to also in
1 Samuel 21:9. There can be no doubt that this is the Wady ec Cun ("valley of ...
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Elamites (2 Occurrences)
... scribe' reads Elam) The scene of the events of 1 Samuel 17:2, referred to also in
1 Samuel 21:9. There can be no doubt that this is the Wady ec Cun ("valley of ...
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Molten (41 Occurrences)
... The bronze from which it was made is stated in 1 Chronicles 18:8 to have
been taken by David from the cities Tibhath and Cun. It ...
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Berothah (1 Occurrence)
... According to 2 Samuel 8:8 it was a city of Hadadezer, king of Zobah. In the parallel
passage (1 Chronicles 18:8) Cun is given in place of Berothai. ...
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Bible Concordance

Cun (1 Occurrence)

1 Chronicles 18:8 From Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took very much brass, with which Solomon made the bronze sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.
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Subtopics

Cun

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Cummin (3 Occurrences)

Cunning (43 Occurrences)

Quantity (18 Occurrences)

Water-vessel (14 Occurrences)

Tibhath (1 Occurrence)

Elam (24 Occurrences)

Elamites (2 Occurrences)

Molten (41 Occurrences)

Berothah (1 Occurrence)