קוּבְיָא, (κυβεία) dice-playing, gambling. Snh. III, 3 (among those disqualified as witnesses) המשחק בק׳ the habitual dice-player; R. Hash. I, 8; Y. ib. 57ᶜ top בקוּבְיָיא. Sabb. XXIII, 2 משום ק׳ (omitted in Bab. ed. 148ᵇ) it is forbidden, because it is like gambling; ib. 149ᵃ; a. e.