Put in the Bible — Hidden Meaning & Symbolism

Put (in A.V., Genesis 10:6, Phut), put (Heb.)-- state of being stifled, suffocation; asphyxiation; affliction, sorrow; sadness; breathing out of the spirit; despised. a Son of Ham (Gen. 10:6). b A people descended from Put, son of Ham (Ezek. 27:10). The Lubim or Libyans of Africa are thought to have been descendants of Put (see Nah. 3:9). Meta. The darkened, troublous, sorrowful, and very material dying state of mind and body that results from a lack of spiritual inspiration, of the inbreathing and understanding of Spirit (suffocation, affliction, sorrow, breathing out of the spirit, despised).