כּוּת, Cuth, Cuthah, a Babylonian town whence Assyrian colonists were introduced into Samaria (v. Schr. KAT², p. 278). Targ. II Kings XVII, 24; 30. [Targ. Is. XXXIV, 9 דכות some ed. (ed. Lag. דרומי; missing in ed. Wil.)—an inserted gloss, v. Lag. Prophetae I, p. XXX³³.]—v. כּוּתִי.