Lexical Definition

‎סֻכּוֹת בְּנוֹת‎ Çukkôwth bᵉnôwth (sook-kohth' ben-ohth') Succoth-benoth ^N:N-M-T
from ‎סֻכּוֹת‎ and the (irregular) plural of ‎בַּת‎

Succothbenoth.

• § Succoth-benoth = "the daughter's booth"
• booths of (the) daughters
• brothels, i.e. idoalatrous tents forimpure purpose

1) Assyrian or Babylonian deity worshipped by the Babylonians in Samaria

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎סֻכּוֺת בְּנוֺת‎ proper name, of a divinity 2Kgs 17:30, Assyrian-Babylonian deity, worshipped by Babylonians in Samaria; text of name corrupt; Schr^{COT ad. location} (after H. Rawlinson) proposes Zîr-bânit, or Zarpanituv, wife of Marduk (compare Hpt^{AR, May 1886} Muss-Arn^{JBL xi (1892), 167}), rejecting Sakkut-binûtu = Marduk Dl^{Par 215}; Jen^{ZA iv. 352} makes ‎בְּנוֺת‎ = banîtu, epithet of Ištar; all doubtful.

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