Lexical Definition

‎פִּי־בֶסֶת‎ Pîy-Beçeth (pee beh'-seth) Pi-beseth ^N:N--L
of Egyptian origin

Pi-beseth.

• § Pi-beseth = "mouth of loathing"
• Pi-Beseth, a place in Egypt

1) a town of lower Egypt located on the west bank of the Pelusiac branch of the Nile about 40 miles from Memphis
1a) same as 'Bubastis' named after the goddess of the same name

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎פִּיבֶֿ֫סֶת‎ proper name, of a location in Egypt (Pabast, Eb^{GS 495}, or Per-Bastet, Griffith^{Hastings DB iii. 874}, 'House of Bast(et)' originally P§i-wbaste according to Steind^{BAS i. 350}, compare Naville^{Bubastis 44, 46, 48, 56,} Greek Βούβαστις (Herodotus), Βούβαστος (Diod); — Ezek 30:17 ᵐ5 Βουβάστου (genitive), modern Tel-Bas‰a, near Za‡azi‡, approximately 30 miles north-northeast from Cairo. — See Herod.^{ii. 59 f., 67, 137 f., 166} Diod^{xvi.49, 51} Naville^{l.c.; Trans. Vict. Inst. xxiii. 137 ff.}

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Pi-beseth • An Egyptian city mentioned in Ezekiel's prophecy

Pi-beseth was an Egyptian city that Ezekiel prophesied would experience God's judgment along with other cities in Egypt.

• A location only mentioned at Ezk.30.17;
• only referred to as Pi-beseth פִּי־בֶסֶת.
  

Pi-beseth, also known as Bubastis, was an ancient Egyptian city located in the eastern Nile Delta. It is mentioned only once in the Bible, in Ezekiel's prophecy against Egypt (Ezek. 30:17). In this prophecy, Ezekiel declares that the young men of Aven (or On, another name for Heliopolis) and Pi-beseth will fall by the sword, and the cities themselves will go into captivity. This judgment is part of a larger oracle against Egypt, in which God declares that He will bring punishment upon the land for its idolatry and opposition to His people. The mention of Pi-beseth alongside other prominent Egyptian cities underscores the severity and scope of the divine judgment that Ezekiel prophesied would come upon the nation.

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