(Valley of) Eshcol
אֶשְׁכֹּלStrong’s H0812eshkol (esh-kol)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Eshkol is the Hebrew word usually translated “eshcol”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- An area of Hebron, the valley of Eshcol
- An Amorite, the brother of Mamre, dwelling in Hebron
- Eshcol = "cluster"
How it's translated
- eshcol 6
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 3
- Genesis 2
- Deuteronomy 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 14:24Save 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.
- Numbers 13:23And 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.
- Numbers 13:24The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
- Numbers 32:9For 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.
- Deuteronomy 1:24And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.
Hebrew dictionary
אֶשְׁכֹּל eshkol · Eshcol
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.14.13; brother of: Mamre (H4471H) and Aner (H6063) § Eshcol = "cluster" 1) an area of Hebron, the valley of Eshcol 2) an Amorite, the brother of Mamre, dwelling in Hebron
אֶשְׁכֹּל eshkol · (Valley of) Eshcol
Eshcol = "cluster" This name is used for an area of Hebron, the valley of Eshcol Combined with na.chal (נַ֫חַל " Valley" H5158H)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.