Succoth

Succoth
[sʊ'kəʊt, 'sʌkəθ]
noun a major Jewish festival held in the autumn to commemorate the sheltering of the Israelites in the wilderness, marked by the erection of small booths.
Origin
from Heb. sukkōṯ, plural of sukkāh 'thicket, hut'.

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  • Succoth — may mean:* The Jewish festival of Sukkot. * The Egyptian place Succoth, near the start of the Israelites Exodus from Egypt. * Succoth, a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland …   Wikipedia

  • SUCCOTH — (Heb. סֻכּוֹת; booths ), name of two places mentioned in the Bible. (1) A locality in the Jordan Valley; according to the etiological explanation in Genesis 33:17, it was named after the booths for cattle erected there by Jacob. It belonged to… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Succoth — [soo kōt′, sook′ōs] n. SUKKOT …   English World dictionary

  • Succoth —    Booths.    1) The first encampment of the Israelites after leaving Ramesses (Ex. 12:37); the civil name of Pithom (q.v.).    2) A city on the east of Jordan, identified with Tell Dar ala, a high mound, a mass of debris, in the plain north of… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • Succoth-benoth — or Succoth Benoth was a Babylonian deity, one of the deities of the city of Samaria mentioned by name in 2 Kings 17:30. [http://www.mechon mamre.org/e/et/et09b17.htm] The Bible says that these deities were idols, although the Samaritans were not… …   Wikipedia

  • SUCCOTH-BENOTH — (Heb. סֻכּוֹת־בְּנוֹת; LXX, Socchôth/bainith/benithei/banitha, Rochchôthbaineithei), unidentified deity worshiped by the Babylonians who were settled in Samaria after the fall of the Northern Kingdom (c. 722 B.C.E.; II Kings 17:30). Succoth… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • SUCCOTH-BENOTH — 2. Reg. c. 17. v. 30. nomen idoli est, quod, e populis ex Assyria in Iudaeam a Salmanaslare translatis, Babylonii coluerunt, Talmudicis, qui illud exponunt gallinam cum pullis suis, in Sanhedrin c. 7. fol. 63. b. Bochartus vero Gap desc: Hebrew… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Succoth, Argyll and Bute — Succoth, Scotland is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland …   Wikipedia

  • Succoth — Tjeku in Hieroglyphen …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • succoth — Seph. /sooh kawt /; Ashk. /soo kohs /, n. Hebrew. a pl. ofsuccah. Also, succot, succos. * * * …   Universalium

  • Succoth — Seph. Heb. /sooh kawt /; Ashk. Heb., Eng. /soo keuhs, sooh kohs /, n. Judaism. Sukkoth. Also, Succot, Succos. * * * …   Universalium

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