ʼEshkôl — H812

Definition

masculine locative proper noun

Eshcol, the name of an Amorite, also of a valley in Palestine

1. Eshcol = "cluster"
2. an area of Hebron, the valley of Eshcol
3. an Amorite, the brother of Mamre, dwelling in Hebron

Usually translated as

Eshcol

Origin

the same as H811

• Same as ʼeshkôwl (H811)

Occurrences

ʼEshkôl occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Numbers (3), Deuteronomy (1)

• Genesis 14:13 — 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 (אֶשְׁכֹּל֙), and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
• Genesis 14:24 — Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol (אֶשְׁכֹּ֣ל), and Mamre; let them take their portion.
• Numbers 13:23 — And they came unto the brook of Eshcol (אֶשְׁכֹּ֗ל), 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.
• Numbers 13:24 — The place was called the brook Eshcol (אֶשְׁכּ֑וֹל), because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
• Numbers 32:9 — For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol (אֶשְׁכּ֗וֹל), 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.
• Deuteronomy 1:24 — And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol (אֶשְׁכֹּ֑ל), and searched it out.