Strong's #6316: Puwt (pronounced poot)

of foreign origin; Put, a son of Ham, also the name of his descendants or their region, and of a Persian tribe:--Phut, Put.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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pûṭ

Phut or Put = "a bow"

1) a nation and people of northern Africa; probably Libyans

Part of Speech: noun proper people

Relation: of foreign origin

Usage:

This word is used 7 times:

 

Genesis 10:6: "of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan."
1 Chronicles 1:8: "of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan."
Jeremiah 46:9: "and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle"
Ezekiel 27:10: "They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged"
Ezekiel 30:5: "Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land"
Ezekiel 38:5: "Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:"
Nahum 3:9: "and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers."