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Cun

Cun (Biblical Place • Berothah • 33.931°N, 36.152°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Chr 18:8 (identified with Berothah ). It is closely linked with Ur III Sumerian Cuneiform Tablet (Interactive 3D Cuneiform Tablet • Genesis 11:28–31 ): Mesopotamian clay administrative tablet from the Third Dynasty of Ur (c. 2100–2000 BC) recording offerings of barley-fed sheep and goats, illustrating the scribal culture and urban economy of southern Mesopotamia around the patriarchal era of Ur of the Chaldeans ( Genesis 11:28–31 ).

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Jephunneh (Generation 25 • Child of Shelah ): Caleb is the son of Jephunneh ( Numbers 13:6 ) who was a Kenizzite ( Numbers 32:12 ) of the tribe of Judah ( Numbers 13:6 ). Kenizzites were Canaanites ( Genesis 15:18-21 ). Judah 's first wife, Shua, was a Canaanite woman( Genesis 28:2 , 12 ). She bore him Er, Onan , and Shelah ( 1 Chronicles 2:3 ) but Er and Onan died. Ergo, it is likely Caleb is descended from Shelah. (mentioned in Genesis 15 , Genesis 28 , Numbers 13 ) Caleb (Generation 26 • Child of Jephunneh): Caleb is the son of Jephunneh ( Numbers 13:6 ) who was a Kenizzite ( Numbers 32:12 ) of the tribe of Judah ( Numbers 13:6 ). Kenizzites were Canaanites ( Genesis 15:18-21 ). Judah's first wife (Shua's daughter) was a Canaanite woman( Genesis 38:2 , 12 ). She bore him Er, Onan, and Shelah ( 1 Chronicles 2:3 ) but Er and Onan died. Ergo, it is likely Caleb is descended from Shelah. (mentioned in Genesis 15 , Genesis 38 , Numbers 13 ) Cush (Generation 12 • Child of Ham ): ( Genesis 10:6 , 1 Chronicles 1:8 ) Cush is the Biblical name of the person who became the modern day nation Ethiopia . (mentioned in Genesis 10 , 1 Chronicles 1 , Isaiah 11 ) Shem (Generation 11 • Messianic Line • Child of Noah ): ( Genesis 5:32 , 1 Chronicles 1:4 , Luke 3:36 ) • ( Genesis 11:10-11 ) Shem was the oldest of Noah 's sons (Shem is older than Japheth - Genesis 10:21 , Ham is the youngest son- Genesis 9:22-24 ) (mentioned in Genesis 5 , Genesis 6 , Genesis 7 )

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Cun (Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Chr 18:8 (identified with Berothah ).) Cuth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kutha. Referenced in 2 Kgs 17:30 .) Kue (from tyndale. Referenced in 1 Kgs 10:28 , 2 Chr 1:16 .) 3D Sanctuary Reconstructions: Ur III Sumerian Cuneiform Tablet — Mesopotamian clay administrative tablet from the Third Dynasty of Ur (c. 2100–2000 BC) recording offerings of barley-fed sheep and goats, illustrating the scribal culture and urban economy of southern Mesopotamia around the patriarchal era of Ur of the Chaldeans ( Genesis 11:28–31 ). The Cyrus Cylinder — Ancient barrel-shaped baked clay cylinder inscribed in Babylonian cuneiform on behalf of King Cyrus the Great after his conquest of Babylon in 539 BC, recording his policy of restoring exiled peoples and sacred temple vessels to their homelands—paralleling the decree in Ezra 1:1–4 and 2 Chronicles 36:22–23 .

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Psalms 137:5 : "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem , let my right hand forget her cunning."; Exodus 31:4 : "To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,"; 2 Chronicles 2:13 : "And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,". Related canonical books and chapters: Exodus 26 ( Exodus • Chapter 26 (37 verses)), Song of Solomon 7 ( Song of Solomon • Chapter 7 (13 verses)), Acts 20 ( Acts • Chapter 20 (38 verses)).

Connected Topics & Entities Book/Chapter Verse Person Place Lexicon Theology Commentary

Topics, People & Places (36)

Cun
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Berothah • 33.931°N, 36.152°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Chr 18:8 (identified with Berothah ).

Interactive 3D Cuneiform Tablet • Genesis 11:28–31

Mesopotamian clay administrative tablet from the Third Dynasty of Ur (c. 2100–2000 BC) recording offerings of barley-fed sheep and goats, illustrating the scribal culture and urban economy of southern Mesopotamia around the patriarchal era of Ur of the Chaldeans ( Genesis 11:28–31 ).

Interactive 3D Cuneiform Artifact • Ezra 1:1–4

Ancient barrel-shaped baked clay cylinder inscribed in Babylonian cuneiform on behalf of King Cyrus the Great after his conquest of Babylon in 539 BC, recording his policy of restoring exiled peoples and sacred temple vessels to their homelands—paralleling the decree in Ezra 1:1–4 and 2 Chronicles 36:22–23 .

Interactive 3D Cuneiform Tablet • Genesis 6–9

Cuneiform clay tablet excavated at Nineveh from the Royal Library of Ashurbanipal and deciphered by George Smith in 1872. Recording the Mesopotamian flood narrative (releasing a dove, swallow, and raven as the ark comes to rest on a mountain), it provides a remarkable ancient Near Eastern comparative witness alongside Genesis 6 –9.

Exodus 26
99% Chapter
Exodus • Chapter 26 (37 verses)

Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them. The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and ever...

Interactive 3D Cuneiform Prism • 2 Kings 18–19 & Isaiah 36–37

Six-sided baked clay prism discovered at Nineveh inscribed with the annals of Assyrian King Sennacherib's 701 BC campaign against Judah , famously declaring that he shut up ' Hezekiah the Judahite within Jerusalem , his royal city, like a bird in a cage'—without claiming to capture the city ( 2 Kings 19:32–36 ).

δύναμις
dynamis
G1411 Greek
power, might, strength, ability, power, power, might

power, might, strength, ability, power, power, might. Primary meaning: power, might, strength, ability, power, power, might, force. Strong's: force (literally or figuratively); specially, miraculous power (usually by implication, a miracle itself). Lexical nuances: power, might, strength ; relatively, ability, power to perform: Mt 25:15 , Ac 3:2 , He 11:11 ; κατὰ δ. , II Co 8:3 ; παρὰ δ. , ib. ; ὑπὲρ δ. , II Co 1:8 ; of pecuniary ability, II Co 8:3 , Re 18:3 ; absol., power, might : Lk 24:49 , Ac 1:8 ; opp. to ἀσθένεια , I Co 15:43 ; ἡ δ. τ. ἁμαρτίας , I Co 15:56 ; of power in action, Ro 1:16 , 20 , I Co l:18 , Phl 3:10 , al. ἡ δ. τ. Θεοῦ , Mt 22:29 , Mk ...

κοινωνία
koinonia
G2842 Greek
fellowship, communion, contribution

fellowship, communion, contribution. Primary meaning: fellowship, communion, contribution. Strong's: partnership, i.e. (literally) participation, or (social) intercourse, or (pecuniary) benefaction. Lexical nuances: fellowship , communion : Ac 2:42 , II Co 6:14 , Phl 1:5 ; τ. υἱοῦ , I Co 1:9 ; τ. αἵματος, σώματος Χρ. , I Co 10:16 ; παθημάτων αὐτσῦ , Phl 3:10 ; τ. πνεύματος , II Co 13:13 , Phl 2:1 ; δεξιὰς κοινωνίας , Ga 2:9 ; τ. πίστεώς σου , Phm 6 ; seq. μετὰ : τ. πατρός , I Jo 1:3 , 6 ; ἡμῶν, ἀλλήλων , ib. 3 , 7 .

Song of Solomon • Chapter 7 (13 verses)

How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman. Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies. Thy two breasts ... Mentions: Heshbon , Lebanon , Damascus , Carmel .

Acts 20
97% Chapter
Acts • Chapter 20 (38 verses)

And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia . And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece , And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wai... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Macedonia , Greece , Syria , Asia , Berea .

Daniel 1
96% Chapter
Daniel • Chapter 1 (21 verses)

In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem , and besieged it. And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the ho... Mentions: Jehoiakim (or Eliakim), Judah, Jacob/Israel , Daniel , Azariah (or Uzziah ), Babylon , Jerusalem , Shinar .

Ephesians 4
96% Chapter
Ephesians • Chapter 4 (32 verses)

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .

1 Chronicles 25
96% Chapter
1 Chronicles • Chapter 25 (31 verses)

Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph , and of Heman , and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was: Of the sons of Asaph ; Zaccur,... Mentions: David , Asaph, Heman , Joseph , Jeshaiah ( Isaiah ).

2 Chronicles 2
96% Chapter
2 Chronicles • Chapter 2 (18 verses)

And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the Lord, and an house for his kingdom. And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them. And Solomon se... Mentions: Solomon, David , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Dan , Tyre , Jerusalem , Lebanon , Joppa .

Exodus 28
94% Chapter
Exodus • Chapter 28 (43 verses)

And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel , that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron , Nadab and Abihu , Eleazar and Ithamar , Aaron's sons. And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for gl... Mentions: Aaron, Jacob/Israel , Nadab , Abihu , Eleazar .

Exodus 31
94% Chapter
Exodus • Chapter 31 (18 verses)

And the Lord spake unto Moses , saying, See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah : And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, Mentions: Moses , Judah , Dan , Aaron , Jacob/Israel , Sinai .

Exodus 36
93% Chapter
Exodus • Chapter 36 (38 verses)

Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the Lord put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the Lord had commanded. And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wis... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel .

Exodus 39
93% Chapter
Exodus • Chapter 39 (43 verses)

And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron ; as the Lord commanded Moses . And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. And they did beat the go... Mentions: Aaron , Moses , Jacob/Israel .

Isaiah 3
92% Chapter
Isaiah • Chapter 3 (26 verses)

For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water, The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, The captain of fi... Mentions: Judah , Jerusalem , Sodom , Zion .

Psalms 137
92% Chapter
Psalms • Chapter 137 (9 verses)

By the rivers of Babylon , there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion . We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of t... Mentions: Esau ( Edom ), Babylon , Zion , Jerusalem , Edom.

Jeremiah 10
92% Chapter
Jeremiah • Chapter 10 (25 verses)

Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel : Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Judah , Tarshish , Uphaz .

Jephunneh
82% Gen 25
Generation 25 • Child of Shelah

Caleb is the son of Jephunneh ( Numbers 13:6 ) who was a Kenizzite ( Numbers 32:12 ) of the tribe of Judah ( Numbers 13:6 ). Kenizzites were Canaanites ( Genesis 15:18-21 ). Judah 's first wife, Shua, was a Canaanite woman( Genesis 28:2 , 12 ). She bore him Er, Onan , and Shelah ( 1 Chronicles 2:3 ) but Er and Onan died. Ergo, it is likely Caleb is descended from Shelah .

Caleb
71% Gen 26
Generation 26 • Child of Jephunneh

Caleb is the son of Jephunneh ( Numbers 13:6 ) who was a Kenizzite ( Numbers 32:12 ) of the tribe of Judah ( Numbers 13:6 ). Kenizzites were Canaanites ( Genesis 15:18-21 ). Judah 's first wife (Shua's daughter) was a Canaanite woman( Genesis 38:2 , 12 ). She bore him Er, Onan , and Shelah ( 1 Chronicles 2:3 ) but Er and Onan died. Ergo, it is likely Caleb is descended from Shelah .

Cush
68% Gen 12
Generation 12 • Child of Ham

( Genesis 10:6 , 1 Chronicles 1:8 ) Cush is the Biblical name of the person who became the modern day nation Ethiopia .

בֵּן
ben
H1123 Hebrew
son, children, building block

son, children, building block. Son, building block of community; 'children of the captivity' (Ezra 6:16).

Cuth
67% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 32.733°N, 44.667°E

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kutha. Referenced in 2 Kgs 17:30 .

Kue
66% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Tarsus • 36.918°N, 34.892°E

from tyndale. Referenced in 1 Kgs 10:28 , 2 Chr 1:16 .

קוּם
qum
H6965 Hebrew
to arise, stand up, establish

to arise, stand up, establish. To arise; in Hiphil (heqim berit) means to establish, validate, or fulfill covenant promises sworn to fathers.

Shem
65% Messianic Line
Generation 11 • Messianic Line • Child of Noah

( Genesis 5:32 , 1 Chronicles 1:4 , Luke 3:36 ) • ( Genesis 11:10-11 ) Shem was the oldest of Noah 's sons (Shem is older than Japheth - Genesis 10:21 , Ham is the youngest son- Genesis 9:22-24 )

בֵּן
ben
H1121 Hebrew
son, descendant, heir, member of class

son, descendant, heir, member of class. Son, male offspring; covenant heir; Israel as God's firstborn son (Exodus 4:22), and Davidic King as begotten Son (Psalm 2:7).

Er
64% Gen 24
Generation 24 • Child of Judah

( Genesis 38:2-3 , Genesis 46:12 , 1 Chronicles 2:3 ) Er was evil in the sight of the LORD, so the LORD took his life. ( Genesis 38:7 )

עַד
ad
H5705 Hebrew
until, forever, eternity

until, forever, eternity. Until, forever; marks the duration of the saints possessing the kingdom forever and ever (Daniel 7:18).

Uz
64% Gen 21
Generation 21 • Child of Nahor

Uz is a biblical figure in Generation 21, child of Nahor . ( Genesis 22:21 )

כֹּהֵן
kohen
H3548 Hebrew
priest, cultic mediator

priest, cultic mediator. Priest; consecrated mediator between God and humanity belonging to Aaronic lineage, presenting sacrifices and declaring blessing.

Er
63% Gen 25
Generation 25 • Child of Shelah

Er is a biblical figure in Generation 25, child of Shelah , parent of Lacah . ( 1 Chronicles 4:21 )

יָדַע
yada
H3045 Hebrew
to know, perceive, choose

to know, perceive, choose. To know, ascertain, experience, perceive; in covenant context denotes experiential intimacy, recognition of authority, and divine election ('You only have I known').

Scripture Passages (24)

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem , let my right hand forget her cunning.

To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,

The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.

Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem , whom David my father did provide.

Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.

And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work.

And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.

And he made a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.

And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.

Exodus 26:31 (KJV)
Exodus 26 KJV

And thou shalt make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:

And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work.

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:

Exodus 26:1 (KJV)
Exodus 26 KJV

Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.

So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the Lord, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.

For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ , but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.

And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan , an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.

The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan , and his father was a man of Tyre , skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.

That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.

And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them.

And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work.

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