Our Daily Devotional

CUTA Biblical name of a city of Babylon, center of the idolatrous cult of the god Nergal (2 Kings 17:29-30). Sargon II, king of Syria, expatriated the inhabitants of Cuta and distributed them in Samaria,

CUS (Hebrew, “black”). (a) Son of Ham and his descendants. They formed towns from Arabia and the African coast (Gen. 10:6-8). (b) The country inhabited by the Cushites; It generally designates present-day Ethiopia or Abyssinia

TANNER The tanning of skins was already carried out in Egypt, as attested in the monuments. It is the operation of transforming skin into leather. In Acts. 9:43; 10:6, 32 we read of Simon a

BLAME Violation of the law for which punishment is deserved. One is guilty even of the sins he commits unconsciously (Lev. 5:17). A community can suffer the consequences of the sin of one of its

CORIANDER A round aromatic seed, from the plant “Coriandrum sativum”, to which manna was compared, both in shape and color. Coriander grows wild in Arabia, North Africa, and some areas in southern Europe.

CAVE Palestine is notable for the number of caves in it, some of which are large in size. David and his followers were in a cave in the desert of En-gedi, so large that they

RAVEN The word “oreb”, from a root meaning “to be black”, seems to be used not only of the common crow, but also of birds of the same genus (“corvus”), such as the rook, the

HORN It was used as a trumpet (Josh. 6:13) or a flask for oil (1 Sam. 16:1; 1 Kings 1:39). It was a symbol of power and prosperity (1 Sam. 2:10; Ps. 89:24). In Ps.

ROPES The Hebrew language has many words to designate the different kinds of ropes, cords and cords, according to their different uses or the materials from which they were made, which were: linen, palm fiber,

KNIFE The Israelites used, to kill animals, or to tear them into pieces, a knife whose Hebrew name denotes an instrument for preparing food (Gen. 22:6; Judges 19:29; cp. Lev. 8:20; 9:13 ). Another name