Strong’s H5525 · Hebrew
סֻכִּי
Çukkîy
sook-kee'
Definition
a Sukkite, or inhabitant of some place near Egypt (i.e. hut-dwellers)
Etymology
patrial from an unknown name (perhaps H5520 (סֹךְ));
Where the KJV renders it
- Sukkiims
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