Also called PUT
1. Son of Ham
And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. (Genesis 10:6)
The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. (1 Chronicles 1:8)
2. The descendants of Phut, or the country inhabited by them
They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness. (Ezekiel 27:10)
Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers. (Nahum 3:9)
(Margin)
Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow. (Jeremiah 46:9)
Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword. (Ezekiel 30:5)
Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: (Ezekiel 38:5)