Bible Dictionaries
Cuth
Holman Bible Dictionary
(cuhth), CUTHAH Place names with two spellings in Hebrew and English. Cuthah was the center of worship of Nergal, god of death in Mesopotamia. See 2 Kings 17:24 ). Once settled, they made an idol to worship Nergal (2 Kings 17:30 ), thus aggravating the tendency to worship Yahweh of Israel along with other gods. Cuth was located at tell Ibrahim, about 18 miles northeast of Babylon.
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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Cuth'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/c/cuth.html. 1991.