Bible Location
Meaning: Pathrusim · 5 cross references · Modern-day map available
Pathros is the biblical name for Upper Egypt, especially the southern Nile region distinguished from the delta. It is important because exiled Judeans settled there and prophetic texts mention it in promises of regathering and in judgments on Egypt. First appears in Isa 11:11.1
Place meaning
Pathrusim
Coordinates
28.32, 30.69
First appears
Isa 11:11
AI summary: Pathros gives Scripture a more precise Egyptian geography than the general name Egypt alone. Isaiah includes it among the lands from which God will regather his people, while Jeremiah shows Judean refugees living there after Jerusalem's fall. Ezekiel then names Pathros within his oracles against Egypt, showing that even this ancient southern region stands under divine judgment. The cross references present Pathros as Upper Egypt, a place of refuge, exile-community, and prophetic reckoning.1
Place meaning
Pathrusim
Latitude
28.32
Longitude
30.69
Bible references
5
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. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.