Place
Put
Also known as Pul, Lud
Named in 3 verses across 3 books, first in Nahum 3:9.
In the Bible
All 1 verse in Nahum, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Nahum
- Nahum 3:9
Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies.
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
Phut is placed between Egypt and Canaan in Gen. 10:6, and elsewhere we find the people of Phut described as mercenaries in the armies of Egypt and Tyre (Jer. 46:9; Ezek. 30:5; 27:10). In a fragment of the annuals of Nebuchadrezzar which records his invasion of Egypt, reference is made to “Phut of the Ionians.”