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Pelusium is a town in the Bible, about 268 km (166 miles) west of Jerusalem. The King James Version names it in 2 verses, from Ezekiel 30:15 to Ezekiel 30:16.
“Sin against the Holy Ghost” (q.v.), or a “sin unto death” (Matt. 12:31, 32; 1 John 5:16), which amounts to a wilful rejection of grace.
Sin, a city in Egypt, called by the Greeks Pelusium, which means, as does also the Hebrew name, “clayey” or “muddy,” so called from the abundance of clay found there. It is called by Ezekel (Ezek. 30:15) “the strength of Egypt, “thus denoting its importance as a fortified city. It has been identified with the modern Tineh, “a miry place,” where its ruins are to be found. Of its boasted magnificence only four red granite columns remain, and some few fragments of others.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
Pelusium is a town about 268 km (166 miles) west of Jerusalem. BibleLectio shows it on a painted map of the Bible’s world, with every verse that names it.
The King James Version names Pelusium in 2 verses, in 1 book, from Ezekiel 30:15 to Ezekiel 30:16.