Dictionaries :: Eshcol

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Eshcol:

bunch; brave. (1.) A young Amoritish chief who joined Abraham in the recovery of Lot from the hands of Chedorlaomer (Gen 14:13,24).

(2.) A valley in which the spies obtained a fine cluster of grapes (Num 13:23,24; "the brook Eshcol," A.V.; "the valley of Eshcol," R.V.), which they took back with them to the camp of Israel as a specimen of the fruits of the Promised Land. On their way back they explored the route which led into the south (the Negeb) by the western edge of the mountains at Telilat el-'Anab, i.e., "grape-mounds", near Beersheba. "In one of these extensive valleys, perhaps in Wady Hanein, where miles of grape-mounds even now meet the eye, they cut the gigantic clusters of grapes, and gathered the pomegranates and figs, to show how goodly was the land which the Lord had promised for their inheritance.", Palmer's Desert of the Exodus.

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Eshcol:

bunch of grapes

Nave's Topical Bible

Eshcol: 1. An Amorite, and Ally of Abraham

Gen 14:13, 24

Eshcol: 2. A Valley or Brook near Hebron

Num 13:23, 24; 32:9; Deu 1:24

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Eshcol:

(cluster of grapes) brother of Mamre the Amorite and of Aner, and one of Abraham's companions in his pursuit of the four kings who had carried off Lot (Genesis 14:13, 24). (B.C. 1912)