Bible Name

View in English, Hebrew Name Eshcol (Eshkol) - אֶשְׁכּוֹל Gender Time of appearance The Biblical Era Meaning bunch, cluster (of grapes, etc.). Eshcol is also a name of a brook near Hebron: "And 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" (Numbers 13, 23). History Eshcol is the name of a man who was Abraham's ally. Citation "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." Genesis 14, 13 Categories Botanical Names Names of Places Names Related to Agriculture

Eshcol (Eshkol) - אֶשְׁכּוֹל

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