ATS Bible Dictionary
Phut or PutA son of Ham, Genesis 10:6, whose posterity are named with Cush and Ludim as serving in Egyptian armies, and as part of the host of Gog, Jeremiah 46:9 Ezekiel 27:10 30:5 38:5 Nahum 3:9. In several of these passages Phut is translated Libyans. Josephus identifies them with the Mauritanians, in Northern Africa towards the west. See LIBYA.
Strong's Hebrew
6316. Put -- a son of Ham, also his desc. and their land... Phut,
Put. Of foreign origin;
Put, a son of Ham, also the name of his descendants
or their region, and of a Persian tribe --
Phut,
Put. << 6315, 6316.
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