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Phut or Put

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

A 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.

Bibliography Information
Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Phut or Put'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ats/​p/phut-or-put.html. 1859.