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It is traditionally associated with one of the descendants of Noah through his son Ham. Phut is often linked with the peoples and regions of North Africa, particularly Libya. The name appears in genealogical and prophetic contexts, providing insight into the ancient world and its peoples.<br><br><b>Genealogy:</b> <br>Phut is listed as one of the sons of Ham in the Table of Nations, which outlines the descendants of Noah's sons after the Flood. In <a href="/genesis/10-6.htm">Genesis 10:6</a> , it states: "The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan." This genealogical record places Phut among the foundational ancestors of various African and Near Eastern peoples.<br><br><b>Geographical and Historical Context:</b> <br>Phut is often associated with the region of ancient Libya, located in North Africa. This identification is supported by historical and biblical references that connect Phut with the Libyan people. The ancient Libyans were known for their interactions with Egypt and other Mediterranean cultures, often serving as mercenaries or allies in military campaigns.<br><br><b>Biblical References:</b> <br>Phut is mentioned in several prophetic passages, often in the context of military alliances and judgments against nations. In <a href="/ezekiel/27-10.htm">Ezekiel 27:10</a> , Phut is noted for its warriors: "Men of Persia, Lud, and Put served as warriors in your army; they hung their shields and helmets in you, bestowing splendor on you." This passage highlights Phut's reputation for providing skilled soldiers.<br><br>In <a href="/ezekiel/30-5.htm">Ezekiel 30:5</a> , Phut is included in a prophecy against Egypt and its allies: "Cush and Put, Lud and all the mixed peoples, and Libya and the men of the covenant land will fall by the sword along with Egypt." This indicates Phut's political and military alliances with Egypt and other regional powers.<br><br><b>Cultural and Theological Significance:</b> <br>Phut's inclusion in the Table of Nations underscores the biblical theme of the unity and diversity of humanity, tracing all peoples back to a common ancestry in Noah. The references to Phut in prophetic literature serve as reminders of God's sovereignty over nations and His ability to execute judgment according to His divine plan.<br><br><b>Conclusion:</b> <br>While Phut is not a central figure in biblical narratives, its mention provides valuable insights into the ancient world and the interconnectedness of various peoples and regions. The biblical portrayal of Phut reflects the broader themes of genealogy, prophecy, and divine sovereignty that permeate the Scriptures.<a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div><p>(1.) One of the sons of Ham (<a href="/genesis/10-6.htm">Genesis 10:6</a>).<p>(2.) A land or people from among whom came a portion of the mercenary troops of Egypt, <a href="/jeremiah/46-9.htm">Jeremiah 46:9</a> (A.V., "Libyans, " but correctly, R.V., "Put"); <a href="/ezekiel/27-10.htm">Ezek. 27:10</a>;<a href="/ezekiel/30-5.htm"> 30:5</a> (A.V., "Libya;" R.V., "Put"); 38:5; <a href="/nahum/3-9.htm">Nahum 3:9</a>. <p>Phut is placed between Egypt and Canaan in <a href="/genesis/10-6.htm">Genesis 10:6</a>, and elsewhere we find the people of Phut described as mercenaries in the armies of Egypt and Tyre (<a href="/jeremiah/46-9.htm">Jeremiah 46:9</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/30-5.htm">Ezek. 30:5</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/27-10.htm">27:10</a>). In a fragment of the annuals of Nebuchadrezzar which records his invasion of Egypt, reference is made to "Phut of the Ionians." <a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">PHUT</span><p>fut (puT).<br><br>See <a href="../p/put.htm">PUT</a>.<p><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/6316.htm"><span class="l">6316. Put -- a son of Ham, also his desc. and their land</span></a><br><b>...</b> <b>Phut</b>, Put. Of foreign origin; Put, a son of Ham, also the name of his descendants<br> or their region, and of a Persian tribe -- <b>Phut</b>, Put. 6315, 6316. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6316.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/josephus/the_antiquities_of_the_jews/chapter_6_how_every_nation.htm"><span class="l">How Every Nation was Denominated from their First Inhabitants.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>Phut</b> also was the founder of Libya, and called the inhabitants Phutites, from himself:<br> there is also a river in the country of Moors which bears that name <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 6 how every nation.htm</font><p><a href="/library/hippolytus/the_refutation_of_all_heresies/chapter_xxvii_jewish_chronology_continued.htm"><span class="l">Jewish Chronology Continued.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> among Ham's children are: Canaan, [1071] from whom came the Canaanites; Mizraim,<br> from whom the Egyptians; Cush, from whom the Ethiopians; and <b>Phut</b>, from whom <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the refutation of all heresies/chapter xxvii jewish chronology continued.htm</font><p><a href="/library/killen/the_ancient_church/endnotes.htm"><span class="l">[Endnotes]</span></a> <br><b>...</b> will illustrate this statement:". SHEM. " HAM. Elam.Asshur.Arphaxad, Lud.<br> Aram, "Cush, Mizraim, <b>Phut</b>. Canaan, Salah, Uz, "Seba, Ludim <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/killen/the ancient church/endnotes.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/exposition_on_the_book_of_psalms/psalm_lxxii.htm"><span class="l">Psalm LXXII.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> [3212] Psalm 108:5. [3213] Genesis 3:19. [3214] [It must be borne in mind that the<br> Hindoos as well as the sons of <b>Phut</b> were so called.--C.]. [3215] Oxf. mss. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm lxxii.htm</font><p><a href="/library/bunyan/the_works_of_john_bunyan_volumes_1-3/an_exposition_on_the_first.htm"><span class="l">An Exposition on the First Ten Chapters of Genesis, and Part of <b>...</b></span></a> <br>The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3. <. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/an exposition on the first.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/p/phut.htm"><span class="l"><b>Phut</b> (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b><b>Phut</b> is placed between Egypt and Canaan in Genesis 10:6, and elsewhere we find the<br> people of <b>Phut</b> described as mercenaries in the armies of Egypt and Tyre <b>...</b><b>PHUT</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/phut.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/lud.htm"><span class="l">Lud (10 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> In Isaiah 66:19 Lud is mentioned with Tarshish and Pul (generally regarded<br> as a mistake for <b>Phut</b>), Tubal, Javan, and the isles. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/lud.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/ludim.htm"><span class="l">Ludim (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> In Isaiah 66:19 Lud is mentioned with Tarshish and Pul (generally regarded<br> as a mistake for <b>Phut</b>), Tubal, Javan, and the isles. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/ludim.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/shields.htm"><span class="l">Shields (44 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Jeremiah 46:9 Go up, ye horses; and boast yourselves, ye chariots, And go forth,<br> ye mighty, Cush and <b>Phut</b> handling the shield, And Lud handling -- treading the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/shields.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/put.htm"><span class="l">Put (13688 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Libya" (Libues), except Nab 3:9, where the Greek renders the word as phuge, "flight."<br> The Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 AD) has "<b>Phut</b>," "Phuth," and <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/put.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/h/helmets.htm"><span class="l">Helmets (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> in their Judgments. (See NIV). Ezekiel 27:10 Persian and Lud and <b>Phut</b> Have<br> been in thy forces -- thy men of war. Shield and helmet <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/h/helmets.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/libyans.htm"><span class="l">Libyans (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). Nahum 3:9 Ethiopia was her strength,<br> and Egypt, and it was infinite; <b>Phut</b> and the Libyans were her helpers. (DBY RSV) <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/libyans.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/furiously.htm"><span class="l">Furiously (9 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Jeremiah 46:9 Go up, ye horses, and drive furiously, ye chariots; and let the mighty<br> men go forth: Cush and <b>Phut</b> that handle the shield, and the Ludim that <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/furiously.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/dispersion.htm"><span class="l">Dispersion (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Ishmael " Mingled with Arab tribes " - Lud " Lydians " - Aram " Syrians " " - Ham " -<br> Cush " Ethiopans " - Mizrain " Egyptians " - <b>Phut</b> " Lybians, Mauritanians <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/dispersion.htm - 44k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/mitzraim.htm"><span class="l">Mitzraim (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance Mitzraim (2 Occurrences). Genesis 10:6 And sons of<br> Ham 'are' Cush, and Mitzraim, and <b>Phut</b>, and Canaan. (YLT). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/mitzraim.htm - 6k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Phut (7 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/10-6.htm">Genesis 10:6</a></span><br />And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and <span class="boldtext">Phut</span>, and Canaan.<br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-8.htm">1 Chronicles 1:8</a></span><br />The sons of Ham: Cush and Mizraim, <span class="boldtext">Phut</span> and Canaan.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/46-9.htm">Jeremiah 46:9</a></span><br />Go up, ye horses, and drive furiously, ye chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and <span class="boldtext">Phut</span> that handle the shield, and the Ludim that handle the bow and bend it.<br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/27-10.htm">Ezekiel 27:10</a></span><br />They of Persia and of Lud and of <span class="boldtext">Phut</span> were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.<br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/30-5.htm">Ezekiel 30:5</a></span><br />Cush, and <span class="boldtext">Phut</span>, and Lud, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the children of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.<br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/38-5.htm">Ezekiel 38:5</a></span><br />Persia, Cush, and <span class="boldtext">Phut</span> with them, all of them with shield and helmet;<br /><span class="source">(DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nahum/3-9.htm">Nahum 3:9</a></span><br />Ethiopia was her strength, and Egypt, and it was infinite; <span class="boldtext">Phut</span> and the Libyans were her helpers.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/p/phut.htm">Phut</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/p/phut_or_put.htm">Phut or Put</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/p/phut--son_of_ham.htm">Phut: Son of Ham</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/p/phut--the_descendants_of_phut,_or_the_country_inhabited_by_them.htm">Phut: The Descendants of Phut, or the Country Inhabited by Them</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/p/phut--the_descendants_of_phut,_or_the_country_inhabited_by_them--(margin).htm">Phut: The Descendants of Phut, or the Country Inhabited by Them: (Margin)</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/l/lud.htm">Lud (10 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/l/ludim.htm">Ludim (3 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/shields.htm">Shields (44 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/put.htm">Put (13688 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/helmets.htm">Helmets (5 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/l/libyans.htm">Libyans (6 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/furiously.htm">Furiously (9 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/dispersion.htm">Dispersion (4 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/mitzraim.htm">Mitzraim (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/mixture.htm">Mixture (16 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/phuvah.htm">Phuvah (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/pul.htm">Pul (3 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/phurah.htm">Phurah (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/charioteers.htm">Charioteers (19 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/treading.htm">Treading (26 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/splendour.htm">Splendour (32 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/military.htm">Military (44 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/n/nations.htm">Nations (683 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/cush.htm">Cush (31 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/table.htm">Table (125 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/boast.htm">Boast (86 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/handling.htm">Handling (12 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/hung.htm">Hung (27 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/persian.htm">Persian (4 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/p/phurim.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Phurim"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Phurim" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/p/phut_or_put.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Phut or Put"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Phut or Put" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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