A son of Ham, Ge 10:6, whose posterity are named with Cush and Ludim as serving in Egyptian armies, and as part of the host of Gog, Jer 46:9; Eze 27:10; 30:5; 38:5; Na 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.
Advance, O horses, and rage, O chariots! Let the warriors go out: men of Cush and Put who handle the shield, men of Lud, skilled in handling the bow.
"Persia and Lud and Put were in your army as your men of war. They hung the shield and helmet in you; they gave you splendor.
Cush, and Put, and Lud, and all Arabia, and Libya, and the people of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
Persia, Cush, and Put are with them, all of them with shield and helmet;
Cush was her strength; Egypt too, and that without limit; Put and the Libyans were her helpers.
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