אֶשְׁכֹּל
esh.kol
“Eshcol”
Definition
Eshcol, the name of an Amorite, also of a valley in Palestine
the same as H811 (אֶשְׁכּוֹל);
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Grammar & Morphology
Proper Noun (Masculine)
N:N-M-P
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
אֶשְׁכֹּל appears 6 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied out the land.
Then an escapee came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner, all of whom were bound by treaty to Abram.
I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share for the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. They may take their portion.”
When they came to the Valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which they carried on a pole between two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs.
Because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut there, that place was called the Valley of Eshcol.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.