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Pathros
Excerpt from the Lexham Bible Dictionary, the most advanced Bible dictionary.
A region of the upper Nile (south Egypt) up to the border with Cush (Isa 11:11; Jer 44:1, 15; Ezek 29:14; 30:14). Ezekiel 29:14 refers to “the land of Pathros” as the place of Egyptians’ origin.
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Pathros
Pathros (פַּתְרוֹס‎, pathros). A region of the upper Nile (south Egypt) up to the border with Cush (Isa 11:11; Jer 44:1, 15; Ezek 29:14; 30:14). Ezekiel 29:14 refers to “the land of Pathros” as the place of Egyptians’ origin.
Pathrusim
Pathrusim (פַּתְרֻסִי‎, pathrusiy). People from Upper Egypt (the southern portion; Gen 10:14; 1 Chr 1:12). This region is sometimes called Pathros.
The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary
Pathros (Place)
PATHROS (PLACE) [Heb patrôs (פַּתְרֹוס)]. PATHRUSIM. According to the Table of Nations (Gen 10:14) and the parallel genealogy in 1 Chr 1:12, the Pathrusim were among the descendants of Mizraim (Egypt), the son of Ham, the son of Noah. The name of this population group only occurs here in the Bible,
Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible
Pathros
Pathros. Region mentioned five times in the Hebrew OT and only in the Prophets (Is 11:11; Jer 44:1, 15; Ez 29:14; 30:14). Each time it occurs in conjunction with a city in lower Egypt (Noph=Memphis or Zoan=Tanis) in connection with Egypt. The Hebrew (Pathros) and the Greek (pathoure) words are borrowings
Pathrusim
Pathrusim. Inhabitants of Pathros, a region of southern Egypt (Gn 10:14; 1 Chr 1:12).See Pathros.
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised
Pathros
Pathros pathʹros [Heb. paṯrôs < Egyp p3-t3-rs[y]—‘the southland’; Gk. gḗ Pathourēs]; PATHRUSIM pathʹrōō-sēm [Heb. paṯrusîm]. A designation of Upper (i.e., southern) Egypt, the Nile Valley area between Memphis (cf. Jer. 44:1), near modern Cairo, and Syene (modern Aswân). It is invariably mentioned
Tyndale Bible Dictionary
Pathros
PATHROS The region of Upper Egypt, mentioned five times in the Hebrew OT (Is 11:11; Jer 44:1, 15; Ez 29:14; 30:14). Each time it occurs in conjunction with a city in Lower Egypt (Noph = Memphis, or Zoan = Tanis). The Hebrew is Pathros, and the Egyptian is pa to resy (“the Southern Land”). Egyptologists
Pathrusites
PATHRUSITES Inhabitants of Pathros, a region of southern Egypt (Gn 10:14; 1 Chr 1:12). See Pathros.
The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary (Revised and Updated)
Pathros, Pathrusim
Pathros (path´ros), Pathrusim (path-roo-seem´), Upper Egypt, the region south of Memphis and the Nile Delta. There were Israelite exiles in Pathros (Isa. 11:11); Jeremiah and Ezekiel cried out against them, accusing them of having abandoned their homeland and of practicing idolatry (Jer. 44:1, 15; Ezek.
The Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia
Pathros
PATHROS. The Heb. name for Upper Egypt (see Egypt; Isa 11:11; Jer 44:1, 15; Ezk 29:14; 30:14).
Pathrusim
PATHRUSIM. The descendants of the fifth son of Mizraim, a son of Ham. They were the inhabitants of Pathros (q.v.; Gen 10:14; 1 Chr 1:12).
The New Bible Dictionary, Third Edition
Pathros, Pathrusim
PATHROS, PATHRUSIM. Classed under Mizraim (Egypt), Gn. 10:14; 1 Ch. 1:12. Pathros is Egyp. p’ t’-rs(y), ‘the Southland’, i.e. Upper Egypt, the long Nile Valley extending N-S between Cairo and Aswan; the name is attested in Assyr. inscriptions as Paturisi. Thus, the terms Mizraim for Egypt, especially
Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible
Pathros
Pathros (Heb. paṯrôs), PATHRUSIM (paṯrusɩ̂m)Upper Egypt, i.e., the southern part of Egypt (Egyp. pʒ-tʒ-rsy, “southern land”) from just S of Memphis to the first cataract at Syene, to which some of the exiled Israelites fled (Isa. 11:11; Jer. 44:1, 15; Ezek. 30:14). According to Ezek. 29:14 “the land
Eerdmans Bible Dictionary
Pathros
Pathros [păthˊrŏs] (Heb. paṯrôs; Egyp. p3-t3-rsy “southern land”). Upper Egypt, i.e., the southern part of Egypt from just south of Memphis to the first cataract at Syene, to which some of the exiled Israelites fled (Isa. 11:11; Jer. 44:1, 15; Ezek. 30:14). According to 29:14, “the land of Pathros”
Pathrusim
Pathrusim [pə thrōōˊ zĭm] (Heb. paṯrusîm). The inhabitants of Pathros, identified in the Table of Nations as descendants of Egypt (Gen. 10:14; 1 Chr. 1:12).
Catholic Bible Dictionary
Pathros
PATHROS (Hebrew, from the Egyptian for “south country”) Upper Egypt, meaning the region south of the Delta. According to the Table of Nations (Gen 10:14), the Pathrusim were descendants of Egypt, the grandson of Noah and the son of Ham. The region was also a destination of Israelites after the fall of
Smith’s Bible Dictionary
Pathros
Path´ros (region of the south), a part of Egypt, and a Mizraite tribe whose people were called Pathrusim. In the list of the Mizraites the Pathrusim occur after the Naphtuhim and before the Casluhim; the latter being followed by the notice of the Philistines and by the Caphtorim. Gen. 10:13, 14; 1 Chron.