Lexical Definition

‎פַּתְרוֹס‎ Pathrôwç (path-roce') Pathros ^N:N--L
of Egyptian derivation

Pathros.

• § Pathros = "region of the south"
• Pathros, a part of Egypt

1) a part of Egypt and the home country of the Pathrusim people; probably located in upper Egypt

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎פַּתְרוֺס‎ proper name, of a territory = Upper Egypt, Παθουρης, φαθουρης etc. (Egyptian p(§)-t§res, south land) in Assyrian Paturisi, Erman^{ZAW x (1890), 118 f.} Steind^{BAS i.344} WMM^{Hastings DB}; also (on Assyrian) Schr^{KGF 283 f.} Dl^{Pa 310}); — always in connection with ‎מִצְרַיִם‎, etc.: Isa 11:11; Jer 44:15; Ezek 30:14, ‎׳‎‎אֶרֶץ פ‎Jer 44:1; Ezek 29:14 ‎מִפַּתְרֹס‎ properly also Ps 68:31* (for ‎מִתְרַפֵּס‎) Ne^{JBL x (1891), 152} (plausibly), compare Che^{ib. xi. (1892), 125} Kau^{Psalms critical note}..

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Pathros • A region in Upper Egypt

Pathros was a region in Upper Egypt (southern Egypt) where some Judeans settled after the Babylonian exile.

• A location first mentioned at Isa.11.11;
• only referred to as Pathros פַּתְרוֹס.
  

Pathros was a region located in Upper Egypt, the southern part of the country. It is mentioned several times in the Old Testament, particularly in the context of Judean refugees who fled to Egypt after the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC (Jer. 44:1, 15). The name "Pathros" is derived from the Egyptian word "p-t-rsy," meaning "the southern land." In Isaiah 11:11, Pathros is listed among the places from which God will recover the remnant of His people. Ezekiel prophesied that God would bring judgment upon Egypt and make the land of Pathros a desolation (Ezek. 29:14; 30:14). The biblical references to Pathros indicate that it was a distinct region within Egypt and that it had a significant Judean population during the exilic and post-exilic periods.

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