Pelusium(sin place, sin egypt)
Summary
An Egyptian frontier fortress, called "Sin" in Scripture, located at the northeastern border near the Pelusiac mouth of the Nile, described by Ezekiel as "the strength of Egypt."
☩Biblical Name and Location
Pelusium is called "Sin" in the Hebrew Bible, a Semitic name possibly meaning "clay" or "muddy," corresponding to the Greek Pelusium (from pēlos, "mud"). Ezekiel describes it as "the strength of Egypt," indicating its strategic importance as a frontier defense (Ezekiel 30:15). The site is identified with modern Tineh, located near the Pelusiac mouth of the Nile at approximately 31°4' N, 32°28' E. The city should be distinguished from Syene (modern Aswan) in Upper Egypt, which is a different location mentioned elsewhere in Ezekiel.
☩Historical Significance
As Egypt's northeastern frontier fortress, Pelusium served as a critical defensive position controlling access to the Nile Delta. Herodotus records that Sennacherib advanced against Pelusium, and near this city Cambyses defeated the Egyptian king Psammenitus. The decisive battle in which the Persian king Ochus defeated the last native Egyptian king Nectanebes was also fought here. Ezekiel's prophecy that "Sin shall have great pain" was fulfilled when the city fell to foreign conquerors.
Related Verses1 mention
Ezekiel· 1 verse
See Also
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Sin," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IX (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.F. N. Peloubet & M. A. Peloubet (ed.), "Sin," in Smith's Bible Dictionary (Porter & Coates, 1884).
- 3.George Morrish, "Sin," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).
- 4.Philip Schaff and Johann Herzog (ed.), "Sin," in The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, vol. X (Funk and Wagnalls, 1908–1914).
- 5.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Sin," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).