In the bible, Eshcol is the name of the Amorite (GEN 14:13). Meaning of the name: bunch of grapes. Related names are: Aner,
Mamre,
Israel (and others ...)
. The translations of Eshcol in 21 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
ichthys
below, from
Eskol in Afrikaans to
אֶשְׁכֹּל in Hebrew!
Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion. (GEN 14:24)
And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs. (NUM 13:23)
The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence. (NUM 13:24)
For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them. (NUM 32:9)
And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out. (DEU 1:24)
And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eschol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram. (GEN 14:13)