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Cun

כּוּןStrong’s H3560

kun

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Kun is the Hebrew word usually translated “from kun”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.”
1 Chronicles 18:8 KJV
Meaning
  1. Chun = "established"
How it's translated
  • and from kun 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 1 Chronicles 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    כּוּן kun · Cun

    Chun = "established" a city belonging to Hadarezer, plundered by David's forces Another name of be.ro.tah (בֵּר֫וֹתָה "Berothah" H1268A)

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “cun” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    CUN, verb transitive

    1. To know. [Not used.] [See Con.]
    2. To direct the course of a ship. [See Cond, the true orthography.]

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.