PHUT OR PUT
A son of Ham, Genesis 10:6, whose posterity are named with Cush and Ludim as serving in Egyptian armies, and as part of the host of Gog, Jeremiah 46:9 Ezekiel 27:10; Ezekiel 1:30; Ezekiel 1:38 Nahum 3:9. In several of these passages Phut is translated Libyans. Josephus identifies them with the Mauritanians, in Northern Africa towards the west. See Libya.