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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6369
pi.khol — Phicol
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.21.22 § Phichol = "strong" chief captain of the army of king Abimelech of the Philistines of Gerar in the days of Abraham and Isaac
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Great, the chief captain of the army of Abimelech, the Philistine king of Gerar. He entered into an alliance with Abraham with reference to a certain well which, from this circumstance, was called Beersheba (q.v.), “the well of the oath” (Gen. 21:22, 32; 26:26).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
