Pithom

Pithom in Naves Topical Bible

A treasure city in lower Egypt Ex 1:11...

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Pithom in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(the city of justice), one of the store-cites Israelites for the first oppressor, the Pharaoh "which knew not Joseph." Ex 1:11 It is probably the Patumus of Herodotus (ii. 1 159), a town on the borders of Egypt, nest which Necho constructed a canal from the Nile to the Arabian Gulf....

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Pithom in Easton's Bible Dictionary

Egyptian, Pa-Tum, "house of Tum," the sun-god, one of the "treasure" cities built for Pharaoh Rameses II. by the Israelites (Ex. 1:11). It was probably the Patumos of the Greek historian Herodotus. It has now been satisfactorily identified with Tell-el-Maskhuta, about 12 miles west of Ismailia, and 20 east of Tel-el-Kebir, on the southern ...

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Pithom in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

An Egyptian store city built by Israelites for their oppressor (Exodus 1:11). Identified by Brugsch with the fort of Djar, Pachtum. It existed early in the 18th dynasty, before Thothmes III (the Pharaoh who perished in the Red Sea), and was probably erected by his grandfather Aahmes I. The fort subsequently was called Heroopolis. The Egyptian ...

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Pithom in Hitchcock's Bible Names

their mouthful; a dilatation of the mouth...

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Pithom Scripture - Exodus 1:11

Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses....

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Pithom in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

pi'-thom (pithom; Peitho (Ex 1:11)): 1. Meaning of Name: Champollion (Gesenius, Lexicon, under the word) considered this name to mean "a narrow place" in Coptic, but it is generally explained to be the Egyptian Pa-tum, or "city of the setting sun." It was one of the cities built by the Hebrews (see RAAMSES), and according to Wessel was the Thou...

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