The name generally given to Upper Egypt (the Thebaid of the Greeks), as distinguished from Matsor, or Lower Egypt (Isa. 11:11; Jer. 44:1, 15; Ezek. 30:14), the two forming Mizraim. After the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, colonies of Jews settled “in the country of Pathros” and other parts of Egypt.
Region
Pathros
- Name means
- Pathrusim, mouthful of dough; persuasion of ruin
- Today
- region
- Location
- 28.322°N, 30.692°E · related-surrounding
- Mentioned
- 5 verses
About Pathros
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
Every mention
Places: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0), with locations from OpenBible.info. Many ancient sites are uncertain.