Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Pi-hahiroth?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with plain near Jabal Jinayfah.

First appears in Exodus 14:2 · 2 books · 2 chapters

Overview

Place where the reeds grow (LXX. and Copt. read “farmstead”), the name of a place in Egypt where the children of Israel encamped (Ex. 14:2, 9), how long is uncertain. Modern identification: plain near Jabal Jinayfah.

Pi-hahiroth is represented in the local geography layer as plain near Jabal Jinayfah. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Exodus 14:2 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 4 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Key passages

Appears in

Exodus

1 chapter · 2 verse mentions

Numbers

1 chapter · 2 verse mentions