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pathros

pathros

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Pathros 
  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. 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Pathros,  Pathrusim  mouthful  of  dough;  persuasion  of  ruin