Cuta (Heb. Kûth and Kûthâh, meaning uncertain; ac. Kutû). Babylonian city, about 24 km northeast of the capital, Babylon. In it was the temple of E-meslam, center of worship of the god Nergal. It played an insignificant role in the history of Babylon. Inhabitants of Cuta are among those that Sargon II (722-705 BC) settled in Samaria after its destruction (2Ki 17:24). These colonizers continued to worship their god Nergal in their new settlement (v 30). Cuta is one of the few Babylonian cities mentioned in the Bible. The post-exilic Jews called the Samaritans cuteos. The site of the city, today Tell Ibr~hîm, was partially excavated by Hormuzd Rassam in 1880. Map XI, C-5. 289
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
when Sargon II, the Assyrian king, deported the Israelites, he repopulated Samaria with people brought from other places, from other colonies, such as from the Babylonian city of C., whose inhabitants had Nergal as their god, 2 R 17, 24 and 30.
Digital Bible Dictionary, Grupo C Service & Design Ltda., Colombia, 2003
Source: Digital Bible Dictionary
One of the cities from which Sargon, King of Assyria, brought immigrants to repopulate the area of Samaria that he had plundered in 720 B.C. JC (2Ki 17:24-30). Because of their numerical dominance, the inhabitants of Samaria were henceforth known as Cutites. They initiated a syncretistic form of religion, worshiping both the true God and the gods of the nations from which they came. This is one of the explanations for the deep antipathy that existed between the Jews and the Samaritans even in NT times (John 4:9).
From the tablets found by Rassam at Tel-ibrahim, it appears that Cuta’s ancient name was Gudua or Kuta. This city, of high culture and commerce, was located to the northeast of Babylon and was one of its most important centers. Rassam describes its nearly perfect ruins as approx. 937.5m. in circumference and 87.5 m. Tall. There was a shrine dedicated to Ibrahim (Abraham). The city like its great temple, dedicated to Nergal, dates from Sumerian times.
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
City in †¢Mesopotamia. After his victory, “the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, from C., from Ava…and put them in the cities of Samaria…and they dwelt in his cities” (2Ki 17:24). The site is identified with Tel Ibrahîm, NW of Babylon. The inhabitants of C. brought with them the cult of †¢Nergal, god of the subsoil, and mixed their religion with that of Israel. “They feared the Lord and honored their gods” (2Ki 17:30-33).
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
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vet, Biblical name of a city of Babylon, center of the idolatrous cult of the god Nergal (2 R. 17:29-30). Sargon II, king of Syria, expatriated the inhabitants of Cuta and distributed them in Samaria, thus giving rise to the mixture between the Jews and the inhabitants of Cuta (2 Kings 17:24-30). Flavius Josephus also mentions the Cutites, who are cited in the Talmud (Antiquities of the Jews, 9:14, 3; 13:9, 1).
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
See CUT, CUTí.
Source: Dictionary of the Bible