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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74426" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74426" /> == | ||
<p> '''Phi'chol.''' ''( | <p> '''Phi'chol.''' ''(Strong).'' Chief captain of the army, of Abimelech, king of the [[Philistines]] of Gerar, in the days of both Abraham, Genesis 21:22; Genesis 21:32, and Isaac. Genesis 28:26. (B.C. 1900). </p> | ||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_36977" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_36977" /> == | ||
<p> ("mouth of all"), i.e. grand vizier, through whom all petitions came to the king. Chief captain of | <p> ("mouth of all"), i.e. grand vizier, through whom all petitions came to the king. Chief captain of Abimelech king of [[Gerar]] ( Genesis 21:22; Genesis 26:26). </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16972" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16972" /> == | ||
<p> Apparently the title borne by the "captain of the host" of the king of Gerar, in the time of | <p> Apparently the title borne by the "captain of the host" of the king of Gerar, in the time of Abraham and Isaac, Genesis 21:22; 26:26 . </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_68199" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_68199" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_55412" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_55412" /> == | ||
<p> (Heb. Pikol', פַּיכֹל, of doubtful meaning [see below]; Sept. Φιχώλ v.r. Φικόλ; [[Josephus]] Φίκωλος ''),'' the proper, or, more probably, the titular name of the commander of the troops of Abimelech, the [[Philistine]] king of Gerar in the patriarchal period. (See Abimeilech). </p> <p> If the Abimelech of the time of Isaac was the son of the Abimelech of the time of Abraham, we may conclude that the [[Phichol]] who attended on the second Abimelech ( Genesis 21:22) was the successor of the one who was present with the first at the interview with Abraham ( Genesis 26:26). Josephus mentions him on the second occasion only. On the other hand the Sept. introduces Ahuzzath, Abimelech's other companion, on the first also. By [[Gesenius]] the name is treated as Hebrew, and as meaning the "m mouth of all." By Furst ''(Heb. Lex.'' s.v.) it is derived from a root פָּכִל, '' | <p> (Heb. Pikol', פַּיכֹל, of doubtful meaning [see below]; Sept. Φιχώλ v.r. Φικόλ; [[Josephus]] Φίκωλος ''),'' the proper, or, more probably, the titular name of the commander of the troops of Abimelech, the [[Philistine]] king of Gerar in the patriarchal period. (See Abimeilech). </p> <p> If the Abimelech of the time of Isaac was the son of the Abimelech of the time of Abraham, we may conclude that the [[Phichol]] who attended on the second Abimelech ( Genesis 21:22) was the successor of the one who was present with the first at the interview with Abraham ( Genesis 26:26). Josephus mentions him on the second occasion only. On the other hand the Sept. introduces Ahuzzath, Abimelech's other companion, on the first also. By [[Gesenius]] the name is treated as Hebrew, and as meaning the "m mouth of all." By Furst ''(Heb. Lex.'' s.v.) it is derived from a root פָּכִל, ''To Be Strong.'' But Hitzig ''(Philistdaer, §'' 57) refers it to the Sanscrit ''Pitshula,'' a ''Tamarisk,'' pointing out that Abraham had planted a tamarisk in Beersheba. and comparing the name with Elah, Berosus, Tappuach, and other names of persons and places signifying different kinds of trees; and with the name Φίγαλος, a village of [[Palestine]] (Josephus, ''Ant.'' 12:4, 2), and ''(Φιγαλία'' in Greece. Stark (Gaza, etc. page 96) more cautiously avoids such speculations. The natural conclusion from these mere conjectures is that Phichol is a Philistine name, the derivation and meaning of which are lost to us. </p> | ||
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