Dict: easton - Pathros

easton:

Pathros @ the name generally given to Upper Egypt (the Thebaid of the Greeks), as distinguished from Matsor, or Lower Egypt kjv@Isaiah:11:11; kjv@Jeremiah:44:1 kjv@Jeremiah:44:15 kjv@Ezekiel: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.