BDB6599

פִּיבֶֿ֫סֶת proper name [of a location] in Egypt ( Pabast , Eb^{GS 495}, or Per-Bastet , Griffith^{Hastings DB iii. 874}, 'House of Bast(et)' originally P§i-wbaste according to Steind^{BAS i. 350}, compare Naville^{Bubastis 44, 46, 48, 56,} Greek Βούβαστις (Herodotus), Βούβαστος (Diod); — Ezek 30:17 ᵐ5 Βουβάστου (genitive), modern Tel-Bas‰a , near Za‡azi‡, approximately 30 miles north-northeast from Cairo. — See Herod.^{ii. 59 f., 67, 137 f., 166} Diod^{xvi.49, 51} Naville^{l.c.; Trans. Vict. Inst. xxiii. 137 ff.}