H6364 H6364
Pi-beseth: Egyptian city sacred to the goddess Bastet, near modern Zagazig
This Egyptian place name appears in Ezekiel 30:17 in a judgment oracle against Egypt. The city's name derives from Per-Bastet, 'House of Bastet,' referring to the feline goddess worshiped there. Greek sources knew it as Bubastis. Located about 30 miles northeast of Cairo (modern Tell Basta near Zagazig), it was a significant religious center. Herodotus describes its grand festival. Ezekiel prophesies that its young men will fall by the sword—Egypt's sacred places would offer no protection from divine judgment.
Senses
1. sense 1 — An Egyptian city mentioned in Ezekiel 30:17, known in Greek as Bubastis and located near modern Zagazig. The name means 'House of Bastet,' the cat-headed goddess who was the city's patron deity. Ezekiel includes it in his prophecy of Egypt's coming destruction under Babylon, where even cities sacred to Egyptian gods would not escape judgment. The site was famous in antiquity for its temple and festivals honoring Bastet. 1×
AR["وَفِي-بِيسَتَ"]·ben["আর-পী-বেসতের"]·DE["[ופיבסת]"]·EN["and-Pi-beseth"]·FR["et-Pi-Béseth"]·heb["ו-פי-בסת"]·HI["और-पी-बेसेत-के"]·ID["dan-Pi-Beset"]·IT["[ופיבסת]"]·jav["lan-Pi-Beset"]·KO["그리고-비-베셋의"]·PT["e-Pi-Beset"]·RU["и-Пи-Бесефа"]·ES["y-Pi-beset"]·SW["na-Pi-besethi"]·TR["ve-Pi-Beset'in"]·urd["اور-فی-بست"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† פִּי־בֶ֫סֶת n.pr.loc. in Egypt (Pabast, EbGS 495, or Per-Basted, Griffith Hastings DB iii. 874, ‘House of Bast(et)’ orig. Pĕi-wbaste according to SteindBAS i. 350 cf. NavilleBubastis 44, 46, 48, 56, Gk. Βούβαστις (Herod.), Βούβαστος (Diod Sic.));—Ez 30:17 𝔊 Βουβάστου (genit.), mod. Tel-Basṭa, near Zaḳaziḳ, c. 30 miles NNE. from Cairo.—Vid. Herod. ii. 59 f., 67, 137 f., 166 Diod. xvi. 49, 51 Navillel.c.; Trans. Vict. Inst. xxiii. 137 ff.