Meaning
Phut Phut is placed between Egypt and Canaan in Gen 10:6, and elsewhere we find the people of Phut described as mercenaries in the armies of Egypt and Tyre (Jer 46:9; Ezek 30:5; 27:10). In a fragment of the annuals of Nebuchadrezzar which records his invasion of Egypt, reference is made to "Phut of the Ionians."