Eshcol

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  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.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Eshcol, bunch of grapes