Phut

One of the sons of Ham, (Gen. x. 6.) The word means fat.

or PUT, the posterity of Phut, the son of Ham, Gen 10:6. Calmet is of opinion that Phut, the third son of Ham, peopled either the canton of Phtemphu, Phtemphti, Phtembuti, of Pliny and Ptolemy, whose capital was Thara, in Lower Egypt, inclining toward Libya; or the canton called Phtenotes, of which Buthas was the capital. The prophets often speak of Phut. In the time of Jeremiah, Jer 46:9, Phut was under the obedience of Necho, king of Egypt. Nah 3:9, reckons this people in the number of those who ought to come to the assistance of No-Ammon, or Diospolis.

Phut, a son of Ham (Gen 10:6), progenitor ’of an African people of the same name, sometimes rendered ’Libya’ (Jer 46:9; Eze 27:10; Eze 30:5; Eze 38:5; Nah 3:9).

Phut. (a bow). The third name in the list, of the sons of Ham, Gen 10:6; 1Ch 1:8, elsewhere, applied to an African country or people. The few mentions of Phut in the Bible clearly indicate a country or people of Africa, and, it must be added, probably not far from Egypt. Isa 66:19; Jer 46:9; Eze 27:10; Eze 30:5; Eze 38:5; Nah 3:9. Some identify it with Libya, in the northern part of Africa near the Mediterranean Sea; others, as Mr. Poole, with Nubia, south of Egypt.

Third among Ham’s sons (Gen 10:6; 1Ch 1:8). The Coptic for Libya is Phaiat. Jerome (Traditional Hebrew) mentions a river of Mauritania and the adjoining region as called Phut. It is generally connected with Egypt and Ethiopia; in Genesis the order is, from the S. advancing northwards, Cush (Ethiopia), Mizraim, Phut (a dependency of Egypt), Canaan (Jer 46:9; Eze 30:5; Nah 3:9; Isa 66:9 where "Phut" should be read for "Pul"). But in Eze 27:10; Eze 38:5, Phut is associated with Persia, Lud, and Ethiopia; however this is no proof of geographical connection, it is merely an enumeration of regions from whence mercenaries came.

The people of Phut dwelt close to Egypt and Ethiopia,and served in Egypt’s armies with shield and bow. The Egyptian monuments mention a people, "Pet," whose emblem was the unstrung bow, and who dwelt in what is now Nubia, between Egypt and Ethiopia. Herodotus (iii. 21-22) narrates that the king of Ethiopia unstrung a bow and gave it to Cambyses’ messengers, saying that when the king of Persia could pull a bow so easily he might come against the Ethiopians with an army stronger than theirs. The Naphtuhim are distinct, living W. of the Delta; the IX Na-petu, or "nine bows". (See NAPHTUHIM.) Phut is To-pet or Nubia; and To-meru-pet "the island of the bow," answering to Meroe. The bow of Libya was strung, that of Ethiopia unstrung.

Phut (phŭt), afflicted, or a bow? Gen 10:6. More properly Put, as in R. V., and 1Ch 1:8, A. V. Phut was a son of Ham, and progenitor of an African people of the same name, though sometimes the name is rendered "Libya" or "Libyans." Jer 46:9; Eze 27:10; Eze 30:5; Eze 38:5; Nah 3:9, A V. But the R. V. reads "Put" in all cases. These people probably occupied Libya, in north Africa, near the Mediterranean coast. This is the land of the Moors in modern times.

same as Libya, and Put

fut (פּוּט, pūṭ). See PUT.