Pathros

A city of Egypt. (Isa. xi. 11. Jer 4:4: 1.) Perhaps derived from Path, mouth, - - and Raphos, water.

Path´ros, a name given to Egypt, particularly Upper Egypt, by the prophet Ezekiel (Eze 29:14; Eze 30:14) [EGYPT].

Isa 11:11 Jer 44:1,15 Eze 29:14 30:14, one of the three ancient divisions of Egypt, namely, Upper or Southern Egypt, which Ezekiel speaks of as distinct from Egypt, and the original abode of the Egyptians; as indeed Ethiopia and Upper Egypt really were. Its early inhabitants called Pathrusim, were descendants of Mizraim, Gen 10:14 . See EGYPT.\par

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 Caluhim; the latter being followed, by the notice of the Philistines, and by the Caphtorim. Gen 10:13-14; 1Ch 1:12.

Pathros is mentioned in the prophecies of Isaiah, Isa 11:11; Jeremiah, Jer 44:1; Jer 44:15; and Ezekiel. Eze 29:14; Eze 30:13-18. It was, probably, part or all, of upper Egypt, and we may trace its name, in the Pathyrite name, in which Thebes was situated.

PATHROS or PATHRUSIM. A "district" (the Pathyrite nome) of Egypt near Thebes; named from a town called by the Egyptians Ha-Hather or with the article Pha-Hat-her, "the abode of Hather" the Egyptian Venus. Originally independent of Egypt, and ruled by its own kings, In the Mosaic genealogy the Pathros were the inhabitants of Upper Egypt; originally in the Bible view a colony of Mizraites from Lower Egypt (Gen 10:13-14; 1Ch 1:12). Isaiah (Isa 11:11) foretells Israel’s return from Pathros (Jer 44:1; Jer 44:15; Eze 29:14.) "Pathros the land of their birth" (margin Eze 30:13-18). The Thebaid was the oldest part of Egypt in civilization and art, and was anciently called "Egypt" (Aristotle): Herod. 2:15. Tradition represented the people of Egypt as coming from Ethiopia, and the first dynasty as Thinite. "Pa-t-res" in Egyptian means "the land of the South".

Pathros (păth’ros), region of the south. A district of Egypt near Thebes. The country is mentioned in the Prophets, and nearly always in connection with Egypt. Isa 11:1-16; Isa 11:1-16; Jer 44:1-15; Eze 29:14. Its inhabitants were known as the Pathrusim, the descendants of Ham through Mizraim. Gen 10:14; 1Ch 1:12.

[Path’ros]

Place situate in Egypt, probably a part of Upper Egypt, where there were many Jews who set Jeremiah at defiance. Jer 44:1; Jer 44:15. In a future day the Israelites will be gathered from thence, and the place be destroyed. Isa 11:11; Eze 29:14; Eze 30:14.

PATHROS (Isa 11:11, Jer 44:1; Jer 44:15, Eze 29:14; Eze 30:14).—The name of Upper Egypt, in Egyptian Pteres, ‘the South Land,’ comprising both the Thebaid and Middle Egypt from somewhat south of Memphis to Syene at the First Cataract. ‘Mizraim’ was generally limited to Lower Egypt, i.e. the Delta and some distance up the valley to include the home of Memphis. This division of Egypt was very ancient, corresponding, at least roughly, to the two kingdoms before Menes. While Lower Egypt was familiar to both Greeks and Hebrews, Upper Egypt was comparatively unknown, as witness Herodotus’ woeful Ignorance of Egypt above the Fay-yum, and Nahum’s description of No-amon (see No). Yet there is abundant evidence in papyri of an important settlement of Jews at the southernmost extremity at Syene before 525 b.c. (cf. art. Seveneh); and the passages in which Pathros is mentioned refer to Jews in the Upper Country more than half a century before that, after the destruction of Jerusalem. So also Greek and Phœnician mercenaries had reached Syene, and even Abu Simhel, far south in Nubia, in the 6th or 7th cent. b.c.; soldiers and traders of many nations must have passed frequently up and down the Nile in those days, yet without giving to their fellow-countrymen at home any clear idea of the Upper Country. In Gen 10:14 the Pathrusim are the people of Pathros. They are represented as begotten of Mizraim.

F. Ll. Griffith.

path´ros (פּתרוס, pathrōṣ; Egyptian Pata resii, the “South land”; Septuagint γῆ Παθουρῆς, gḗ Pathourḗs): The Hebrew form of the Egyptian name for Upper Egypt (Isa 11:11; Jer 44:1, Jer 44:15; Eze 29:14; Eze 30:14).