Bible Person
Meaning: the mouth of all · Male · 3 cross references
Phichol is the military commander of Abimelech of Gerar who appears in the covenant scenes involving Abraham and later Isaac. He represents the political and military dimension of Philistine-side negotiations with the patriarchs. First appears in Gen 21:22.1
AI summary: Phichol matters because the cross references place him alongside Abimelech in formal encounters over peace, territory, and wells. His presence signals that these are not casual conversations but recognized political dealings between household powers in the land. Taken together, the material presents Phichol as a commander whose role gives institutional weight to the treaties surrounding Beersheba and the patriarchal sojourn.1
Central Figure
Phichol
Meaning: the mouth of all
Great, the chief captain of the army of Abimelech, the Philistine king of Gerar.
Great, the chief captain of the army of Abimelech, the Philistine king of Gerar. He entered into an alliance with Abraham with reference to a certain well which, from this circumstance, was called Beersheba (q.v.), “the well of the oath” (Gen. 21:22, 32; 26:26). 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.