- Original: פּוּט - Transliteration: Puwt - Phonetic: poot - Definition: Phut or Put = a bow 1. a nation and people of northern Africa; probably Libyans - Origin: of foreign origin - TWOT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Proper Name - Strong's: Of foreign origin; Put a son of Ham also the name of his descendants or thier region and of a Persian tribe: - Phut Put. Total KJV Occurrences: 7 • Libya, 2 Ezekiel 30:5; Ezekiel 38:5 • Libyans, 1 Jeremiah 46:9 • Phut, 2 Genesis 10:6; Ezekiel 27:10 • Put, 2 1 Chronicles 1:8; Nahum 3:9