Talk:Pessinus
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Latest comment: 2 years ago by 84.18.132.42
The usual etymology is from Greek pessos (πεσσός), rock, but this word is missing appropriate etymology, suggesting that it may be pre-greek and namely semitic. I suggest that the name of Pessinus (the city of the black stone of Cybele) may come from the Hebrew place-name Bethtsur (Strong's 1049), attested in many places in Palestine, which means "house of the rock".