Difference between revisions of "Phicol"
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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53211" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53211" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> PHICOL. </strong> Abimelech’s captain ( [[Genesis]] 21:22; Genesis 21:32; Genesis 26:26 ). </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_43083" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_43083" /> == | ||
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== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16484" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16484" /> == | ||
<p> Phi´col (mouth of all, i.e. all commanding), the proper or more probably the titular name of the commander of the troops of Abimelech, the [[Philistine]] King of Gerar. If the [[Abimelech]] of the time of Isaac was the son of the Abimelech of the time of Abraham, we may conclude that the [[Phicol]] who attended on the second Abimelech was the successor of the one who was present with the first at the interview with [[Abraham]] . But the whole subject of these interviews is beset with difficulties [ | <p> Phi´col (mouth of all, i.e. all commanding), the proper or more probably the titular name of the commander of the troops of Abimelech, the [[Philistine]] King of Gerar. If the [[Abimelech]] of the time of Isaac was the son of the Abimelech of the time of Abraham, we may conclude that the [[Phicol]] who attended on the second Abimelech was the successor of the one who was present with the first at the interview with [[Abraham]] . But the whole subject of these interviews is beset with difficulties [ABIMELECH; ABRAHAM; ISAAC]. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6972" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6972" /> == | ||
