Strong H6367פִּי הַחִירֹת

Pi-hahiroth

Transliteration: pîy hachirôth
Pronunciation: pee hah-khee-roth'
Morphology: Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

From H6310 and the feminine plural of a noun (from the same root as {H2356 }) with the article interposed;
mouth of the gorges;
{Pi-ha-Chiroth} a place in Egypt. (Found in without the pi .): - Pi-hahiroth. [In Num. H14 : H19 without Pi-.]

Meaning of the name

Pi-hahiroth = "place where sedge grows"

Detailed definition

Pi-hahiroth was a location near the Red Sea where the Israelites camped before crossing the sea during the Exodus from Egypt.

In the biblical story

Pi-hahiroth

A place near the Red Sea crossing

Pi-hahiroth was a location near the Red Sea where the Israelites camped before crossing the sea during the Exodus from Egypt.

In the Bible

Strong H6367 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

hahiroth4

First verses

Exodus 14:2
Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pi–hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal–zephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.
Exodus 14:9
But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi–hahiroth, before Baal–zephon.
Numbers 33:7
And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pi–hahiroth, which is before Baal–zephon: and they pitched before Migdol.
Numbers 33:8
And they departed from before Pi–hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.

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