Quick Definition
Put
Biblical Persons & Places
Put
Man living at the time of the Patriarchs
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.6;
only referred to as Put (פּוּט);
son of Ham;
a brother of Canaan, Cush and Egypt.
Strong's Definition
Put, a son of Ham, also the name of his descendants or their region, and of a Persian tribe
Derivation: of foreign origin;
KJV Usage: Phut, Put.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Phut or Put = "a bow"
1) a nation and people of northern Africa; probably Libyans
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
פּוּט (put) — Put. A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.6; son of: Ham (H2526); brother of: Canaan (H3667), Cush (H3568) and Egypt (H4714) § Phut or Put = "a bow" a nation and people of northern Africa; probably Libyans
פּוּט (put) — Put. Phut or Put = "a bow" a nation and people of northern Africa; probably Libyans Also named: pul (פּוּל "Pul" H6322H)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
פּוּט n.pr.gent. prob. Libyans, or Lib. tribe; usu. named with African peoples base