אֶשְׁכֹּלʼEshkôl

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

Pronunciation: esh-kole' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H812

Meanings

1. an Amorite, brother of Mamre, dwelling in neighbourhood of Hebron (Genesis 14:13; Genesis 14:24)

2. in combination (Numbers 13:23; Deuteronomy 1:24; Numbers 13:24)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 14:13 But one of Lot’s men escaped and reported everything to Abram the Hebrew, who was living near the oak grove belonging to Mamre the Amorite. Mamre and his relatives, Eshcol and Aner, were Abram’s allies.
  • Genesis 14:24 I will accept only what my young warriors have already eaten, and I request that you give a fair share of the goods to my allies—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre.”
  • Numbers 13:23 When they came to the valley of Eshcol, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes so large that it took two of them to carry it on a pole between them! They also brought back samples of the pomegranates and figs.
  • Numbers 13:24 That place was called the valley of Eshcol (which means “cluster”), because of the cluster of grapes the Israelite men cut there.
  • Numbers 32:9 After they went up to the valley of Eshcol and explored the land, they discouraged the people of Israel from entering the land the Lord was giving them.
  • Deuteronomy 1:24 They headed for the hill country and came to the valley of Eshcol and explored it.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).