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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(bunch of
grapes
). (1)
Brother
of
Mamre
(
Gen. 14:13-24
13
And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
14
And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
15
And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
16
And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
17
And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.
18
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
19
And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
20
And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
21
And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
22
And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
23
That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
24
Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion. (Genesis 14:13‑24)
). (2) A
valley
or
brook
near
Hebron
(
Num. 13:22-27; 32:9
22
And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
23
And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
24
The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
25
And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
26
And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
27
And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it. (Numbers 13:22‑27)
9
For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the Lord had given them. (Numbers 32:9)
;
Deut. 1:24
24
And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out. (Deuteronomy 1:24)
).
“Eshcol” From
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
Brother
of
Aner
and
Mamre
, and one of the
three
Amorite
allies of
Abraham
when he pursued the kings who had carried off
Lot
(
Gen. 14:13,24
13
And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram. (Genesis 14:13)
24
Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion. (Genesis 14:24)
).
“Eshcol, Valley of” From
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
Called both a
brook
and a
valley
because the one ran in the other, now called a
Wady
, which are very numerous in
Palestine
. It was near
Hebron
, the place explored by the
spies
, and from whence they carried the huge bunch of
grapes
(
Num. 13:23-24
23
And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
24
The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence. (Numbers 13:23‑24)
;
Num. 32:9
9
For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the Lord had given them. (Numbers 32:9)
;
Deut. 1:24
24
And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out. (Deuteronomy 1:24)
). In the district around Beersheba there are still miles of grape vines.
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Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
812
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
’Eshkol
Phonic:
esh-kole’
Meaning:
the same as
811
; Eshcol, the name of an Amorite, also of a valley in Palestine
KJV Usage:
Eshcol
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
a cluster
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
Bunch of grapes; cluster:―name of an Amorite, also of a valley and brook in Palestine, Num. 13:23. {Uva}
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