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Sukkites
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Libyan auxiliaries in the Egyptian army (IBD)
Hebrew
Strongs #05525: yko Cukkiy
Sukkiims = "booth dwellers"1) a people who supplied warriors for the Egyptian army under Shishak
5525 Cukkiy sook-kee'
patrial from an unknown name (perhaps 5520); a Sukkite, orinhabitant of some place near Egypt (i.e. hut-dwellers):-
Sukkiims.
see HEBREW for 05520
SUKKIIM [SMITH]
(booth-dwellers), a nation mentioned (2 Chronicles 12:3) with the Lubim and Cushim as supplying part of the army which came with Shishak out of Egypt when he invaded Judah. The Sukkiim may correspond to some one of the shepherd or wandering races mentioned on the Egyptian monuments.SUKKIIM [ISBE]
SUKKIIM - suk'-i-im (cukkiyim): Named in 2 Ch 12:3 as a tribe that took part with Libyans and Cretans in the invasion of Judea by Shishak. The identification is uncertain.