succoth

or suc·cot, suc·cos

[ Sephardic Hebrew soo-kawt; Ashkenazic Hebrew soo-kohs ]

/ Sephardic Hebrew suˈkɔt; Ashkenazic Hebrew sʊˈkoʊs /

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noun Hebrew.

a plural of succah.

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Words nearby succoth

succor, succorance, succorrhea, succory, succotash, succoth, succour, succuba, succubous, succubus, succulent

Other definitions for succoth (2 of 2)

Succoth

or Suc·cot, Suc·cos

[ Sephardic Hebrew soo-kawt; Ashkenazic Hebrew, English soo-kuhs, soo-kohs ]

/ Sephardic Hebrew suˈkɔt; Ashkenazic Hebrew, English ˈsʊ kəs, suˈkoʊs /

noun Judaism.

Sukkoth.

How to use succoth in a sentence

When Succoth (Tabernacles) came, again no money, no bread, and I went about the streets the whole day to seek for work.
Ghetto Comedies|Israel Zangwill
Penuel and Succoth lay in the way between the wilderness in which the Midianites dwelt and the valleys of western Palestine.
Judges and Ruth|Robert A. Watson
Then the children of Israel set forth from Ramses to Succoth—600,000 men on foot, besides children.
The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI)|Max Duncker
The arms of Campbell of Succoth are gyronny of eight engrailed, a most unusual circumstance.
A Complete Guide to Heraldry|Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

And the children of Israel journeyed from Ramses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
The Emancipation of Massachusetts|Brooks Adams

British Dictionary definitions for succoth

Succoth

/ (ˈsʊkəʊt, -kəʊθ, Hebrew suːˈkɔt) /

noun

a variant spelling of Sukkoth

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