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Cab

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature

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Cab, a measure mentioned in 2 Kings 6:25. The Rabbins make it the sixth part of a seah or satum, and the eighteenth part of an ephah. In that case a cab contained 3 1/3 pints of our wine measure, or 2 5/6 pints of our corn measure.

 

 

 

 

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Kitto, John, ed. Entry for 'Cab'. "Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature". https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​kbe/​c/cab.html.
 
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