Libya
כּוּבStrong’s H3864kuv
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Kuv is the Hebrew word usually translated “libyans”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.”
Meaning
- Probably located in northern Africa; maybe same as 'Lybia' or 'Lub'
How it's translated
- and libyans 2
- libyans 1
- and the libyans 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Chronicles 2
- Daniel 1
- Nahum 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Chronicles 12:3With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
- 2 Chronicles 16:8Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered them into thine hand.
- Nahum 3:9Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
Hebrew dictionary
כּוּב kuv · Libya
probably located in northern Africa; maybe same as 'Lybia' or 'Lub' Another spelling of lu.vi (לוּב "Libyan" H3864)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.