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

A person from a location first mentioned at 2 Chronicles 12:3; referred to as Libya (לוּב, כּוּב), Put (פּוּט), Pul (פּוּל), or Libya (Λιβύη).

Location

Certainty
Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)
Coordinates
32.821° N, 21.851° E
Libya
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Glossary entries

Libya, Libyans Put (Place) Lubim Chub Kub Pul

Alternative names

Mentions

  1. 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. 2 Chronicles 16:8לוּב · Libya
    Were 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.
  3. Isaiah 66:19פּוּל · Pul
    I 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.
  4. Jeremiah 46:9פּוּט · Put
    Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth—Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.
  5. Ezekiel 30:5כּוּב · Kub
    Cush, 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.
  6. Ezekiel 38:5פּוּט · Put
    Persia, Cush, and Put will accompany them, all with shields and helmets,
  7. Daniel 11:43לוּב · Libya
    He 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.
  8. Nahum 3:9לוּב · Libya
    Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies.
  9. Acts 2:10Λιβύη · Libya
    Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome,