H4723a H4723a
Kue — geographical name for Cilicia in southeastern Anatolia, source of Solomon's horses
This proper noun refers to Kue (also spelled Que), a region in ancient Cilicia in what is now southeastern Turkey. The name appears exclusively in the accounts of Solomon's international trade, specifically regarding the import of horses. The Septuagint transliterates it as 'Thekouë' or 'Koa,' and the Vulgate as 'Coa.' Modern scholarship identifies this with the Neo-Assyrian province of Que in Cilicia, a region known for horse breeding in the ancient Near East. The multilingual glosses preserve the prepositional prefix ('from Kue'), showing these were commercial transactions.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A territorial designation for the region of Cilicia, appearing in texts about Solomon's horse trade (1 Kgs 10:28 twice, 2 Chr 1:16 twice). The context indicates Kue was a major source for importing horses into Israel, alongside Egypt. Ancient Cilicia was renowned for its horses in Neo-Assyrian records. The textual variants (מִקְוֵה/מִקְוֵא) and versional evidence (LXX 'Thekouë,' Vulgate 'Coa') support reading this as a geographical name rather than the common noun 'hope' (מִקְוֶה), though the consonantal text is identical. 4×
AR["مِنْ-قُوَةَ", "مِنْ-قُوَّةَ", "وَ-مِنْ-قُوَةَ", "وَ-مِنْ-قُوَّةَ"]·ben["আর-কবে-থেকে", "এবং-কুে", "কবে-থেকে", "কুে"]·DE["[ומקוא]", "[מקוא]", "und-von-Kue", "von-Kue"]·EN["and-from-Kue", "and-from-Qeveh", "from-Kue", "from-Qeveh"]·FR["[ומקוא]", "[מקוא]", "de-Kue", "et-de-Kue"]·heb["ו-מ-קוא", "וּ-מִ-קְוֵה", "מ-קוא", "מִ-קְוֵה"]·HI["और-समूह", "और-से-कूवे", "समूह", "से-कूवे"]·ID["dan-dari-Kewe", "dan-dari-Kue", "dari-Kewe", "dari-Kue"]·IT["[ומקוא]", "[מקוא]", "da-Kue", "e-da-Kue"]·jav["lan-saking-Kuwe", "lan-saking-Kuwé", "saking-Kuwe", "saking-Kuwé"]·KO["그리고-에서-구에", "그리고-에서-꾼", "꾼을", "에서-구에"]·PT["de-Keveh", "de-Qeva", "e-de-Keveh", "e-de-Qeva"]·RU["и-из-Квэ", "и-из-Куэ", "из-Квэ", "из-Куэ"]·ES["de-Queva", "desde-Que", "y-de-Queva", "y-desde-Que"]·SW["kutoka-Kue", "na-kutoka-Kue"]·TR["Kue'den", "ve-Kue", "ve-Kue'den"]·urd["اور-قوہ", "اور-کو-سے", "قوہ", "کو-سے"]
Related Senses
G0846 1. third-person pronoun reference (5552×)H???? 1. (4670×)H6213a 1. do, perform, act (2383×)G4160 1. do, act, perform (473×)H5221 1. Hifil: to strike in battle, smite enemies (362×)H0899b 1. garment, article of clothing (216×)H6213a 2. make, construct, fabricate (148×)H3772 1. cut a covenant / make a pact (97×)H5060 1. touch physically (Qal) (96×)H3615 1. complete a task (Piel) (85×)H3772 2. cut off / destroy (Hifil causative) (81×)H3920 1. capture, seize (Qal) (76×)H???? 12. (76×)H3772 3. be cut off / be eliminated (Niphal) (74×)H6213a 3. be done, be made (Niphal) (73×)G4160 2. make, construct, create (62×)H3847 1. Qal: put on, wear (60×)H8210 1. pour out (liquid/libation) (59×)G2440 1. garment or clothing (general) (54×)H4191 4. kill / put to death (Hifil causative) (50×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† קֹוֶה or קֹוֵא n.pr.terr. Ḳuë in Cilicia (cf. KAT2. 257); מִקֹּוֶה from Ḳuë, for MT מִקְוֵה 1 K 10:28(×2) and ‖ מִקְוֵא 2 Ch 1:16(×2); so Wkl Alttest. Unters. 173 Gr Benz Kit, cf. 𝔊 ἐκ Θεκουε (also ἐκ Κωα Field Hexapla i. 616), 𝔙 de Coa, Κωδ LagOnom. 273, Jer Coa id. ibid. 111.