Libya
Libya (Put or Pul), a country in North Africa mentioned in various Old Testament prophecies.
The name Libya means “the heart of the sea; fat”
PlaceOld & New Testaments7 books9 verses
Summary
Location
- Certainty
- Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)
- Coordinates
- 32.821° N, 21.851° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
Mentions
- 2 Chronicles 12:3לוּב · Libya…with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and countless troops who came with him out of Egypt—Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.
- 2 Chronicles 16:8לוּב · LibyaWere not the Cushites and Libyans a vast army with many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand.
- Isaiah 66:19פּוּל · PulI will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations.
- Jeremiah 46:9פּוּט · PutAdvance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth—Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.
- Ezekiel 30:5כּוּב · KubCush, Put, and Lud, and all the various peoples, as well as Libya and the men of the covenant land, will fall with Egypt by the sword.
- Ezekiel 38:5פּוּט · PutPersia, Cush, and Put will accompany them, all with shields and helmets,
- Daniel 11:43לוּב · LibyaHe will gain control of the treasures of gold and silver and over all the riches of Egypt, and the Libyans and Cushites will also submit to him.
- Nahum 3:9לוּב · LibyaCush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies.
- Acts 2:10Λιβύη · LibyaPhrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome,