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ESHCOL.—1. The brother of Mamre and Aner, the Amorite confederates of Abraham, who assisted the patriarch in his pursuit and defeat of Chedorlaomer’s forces (Gen_14:13; Gen_14:24). He lived in the neighbourhood of Hebron (Gen_13:18); and possibly gave his name to the valley of Eshcol, which lay a little to the N. of Hebron (Num_13:23). 2. A wady, with vineyards and pomegranates, apparently near Hebron (Num_13:23-24; Num_32:9, Deu_1:24). Eshcol is usually rendered ‘bunch of grapes.’ The name has not been recovered.