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Lexicon :: Strong's H4714 - miṣrayim

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מִצְרַיִם
Transliteration
miṣrayim
Pronunciation
mits-rah'-yim
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Part of Speech
adjective, proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1235

Strong’s Definitions

מִצְרַיִם Mitsrayim, mits-rah'-yim; dual of H4693; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt:—Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 681x

The KJV translates Strong's H4714 in the following manner: Egypt (586x), Egyptian (90x), Mizraim (4x), Egyptians (with H1121) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 681x
The KJV translates Strong's H4714 in the following manner: Egypt (586x), Egyptian (90x), Mizraim (4x), Egyptians (with H1121) (1x).
proper locative noun
  1. Egypt = "land of the Copts"

    1. a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows

      adjective
  2. Egyptians = "double straits"

    1. the inhabitants or natives of Egypt

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִצְרַיִם Mitsrayim, mits-rah'-yim; dual of H4693; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt:—Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
STRONGS H4714: Abbreviations
מִצְרַ֫יִם 681 proper name, of a territory and people, feminineExodus 10:7, masculineExodus 12:33, masculine pluralGenesis 41:55 etc. (see below 2), Egypt, Egyptians (Phoenician מצרם; Assyrian Mǔṣŭr(u), Muṣru, Miṣir, DlPar 308 SchrCOT Glossary KGF 246 ff., Tel Amarna Mišrî, WklTA 39 * BezBM 152, and Mašrî Wkll. c.; Arabic bdb059503 Cairo, Egypt (Spiro): Minean Miṣru HomA and A. (1892), 125; see EbÄgM 71 ff.; Greek Version of the LXX Αιγυπτος; — derivatives and form dubious; יִַ֯ם usually regarded as dual term. (Upper and Lower Egypt? compare DiGenesis 10:6), but as locative ending EMeyGeschichte. I, § 42 BaNB p. 319 R. 5; JenZA iv (1889), 268 ff. thinks מִצְרַיִם absolute formed by analogy of מַיִם, שָׁמַיִם from Miṣrî (compare Tel Amarna); see further Wklinfra, near the end); — מ׳ Genesis 13:1 +; מִצְרָ֑יִם Genesis 37:36 +; מִצְרַיְמָה Genesis 12:10 + 12 times, מִצְרָ֑יְמָה Genesis 12:11 + 14 times; —
1.
a. of land, Egypt Genesis 13:1 + 500 times, +, in all periods, including אֶרֶץ מ׳ Genesis 13:10 + approximately + 220 times (of course feminine, Genesis 47:6, 13); אַדְמַת מ׳ the soil of EgyptGenesis 47:20, 26; מֵימֵי מ׳Exodus 7:19; Exodus 8:2; נְהַר מ׳Genesis 15:18; יְאֹר מ׳Amos 8:8; Amos 9:5; יְאֹרֵי מ׳Isaiah 7:18 (compare מָצוֺר); שִׁיחוֺר מ׳1 Chronicles 13:5; לְשׁוֺן יָםמֿ׳Isaiah 11:15; נַחַל מ׳ Joshua 15:4 + 6 times (see these various words); land as productive Genesis 45:20; Genesis 49:23, compare שֵׁשׁ בְּרִקְמָה מִמּ׳ Ezekiel 27:7, אֵטוּן מ׳ Proverbs 7:16; often || בּוּשׁ, especially in prophets and poetry Isaiah 20:3, 4, 5; Isaiah 45:14; Ezekiel 30:4, 9 +; || אַשּׁוּר Hosea 11:11; Hosea 12:1; Isaiah 7:18; Jeremiah 2:18 +; including Upper Egypt (פַּתְרוֹם), as well as Lower, Jeremiah 44:1, compare Ezekiel 29:10; Ezekiel 30:6; apparently distinguished from Upper Egypt Isaiah 11:11, and possibly also Jeremiah 44:15 (compare Gf Gie Buhl SS CheHpt Isaiah); but פתרוס etc. in these verses somewhat dubious (compare B. Du Gie).
b. combinations are:
(1) מ׳ as limit of motion: מצרימ(ה)יָרַד Genesis 43:15; Joshua 24:4 + with + 12 times; מ׳ בּוֹא + with + 26 times, בְמ׳ בואIsaiah 19:23, לְמ׳ בוא † Jeremiah 44:218; מ׳ מ׳שׁוּב Hoshea 8:3 + 9 times, אֶל־מ׳ שׁוּב † Hoshea 11:5, שׁוּב מ׳ לְאַרְצוֹJeremiah 37:7; מ׳ בָּרַח1 Kings 11:40; מ׳ שָׁלַחJeremiah 26:22; so (+אֶל־) Jeremiah 26:22. In Jeremiah 42:16b read בְּמ׳ with Gie.
(2) מ׳ as point of departure (הֶעֱלָה) מ׳ מִן־(אִרץ) עָלָה Genesis 13:1 + with + 43 times; יָצָא (הוֹצִיא) מ׳ מִן־(ארץ) Exodus 12:39 + with + 96 times; מִמּ׳ פָּדָה2 Samuel 7:23 (but de. Gei Urschr. 288 We Dr Kit Bu) = 1 Chronicles 17:21; מִמּ׳ בּוֹא2 Chronicles 12:3; 2 Chronicles 20:10; מִמּ׳ שׁוּבJeremiah 44:28; 2 Chronicles 10:2; מִמּ׳ אָתָהPsalm 68:32; מִמּ׳קָרָא † Hoshea 11:1.
2. of people:
a. in table of nations, personified as second son of Ham † Genesis 10:6 = 1 Chronicles 1:8, compare Genesis 10:13 = 1 Chronicles 1:11.
b. = Egypt (as a people), Egyptians Genesis 41:56 + approximately + 134 times, including use = Egyptian Kingdom, empire, i.e. land and people as political power; so with verb feminine singular אָֽבְדָה מ׳ Exodus 10:7, compare Hosea 9:6; Joel 4:19 and (pronoun feminine singular) Ezekiel 30:18; with verb masculine singular Exodus 12:33; Exodus 14:25; Isaiah 19:16, 23, 25; Jeremiah 46:8; often with verb masculine plural Genesis 41:55; Isaiah 19:21, 23 + 22 times; בִּנֵי מ׳ Ezekiel 16:26; בְּתוּלַת בַּת מ׳ Jeremiah 46:11, compare Jeremiah 46:19; Jeremiah 46:24. — In 1 Kings 10:28 2 Chronicles 1:16, 17; 2 Kings 7:6 WklAlttest. Unters. 171 f. thinks of Assyrian Muṣri in North Syria. (On מִצְרַיִם as often = Muṣri in North Arabia see WklAltor. Unters. i. 24 ff., ii. 195, iii. 289; iv. 337 f; MVG 1898, 1.4).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:6; 10:6; 10:13; 12:10; 12:11; 13:1; 13:1; 13:1; 13:10; 15:18; 37:36; 41:55; 41:55; 41:56; 43:15; 45:20; 47:6; 47:13; 47:20; 47:26; 49:23

Exodus

7:19; 8:2; 10:7; 10:7; 12:33; 12:33; 12:39; 14:25

Joshua

15:4; 24:4

2 Samuel

7:23

1 Kings

10:28; 11:40

2 Kings

7:6

1 Chronicles

1:8; 1:11; 13:5; 17:21

2 Chronicles

1:16; 1:17; 10:2; 12:3; 20:10

Psalms

68:32

Proverbs

7:16

Isaiah

7:18; 7:18; 11:11; 11:15; 19:16; 19:21; 19:23; 19:23; 19:23; 19:25; 20:3; 20:4; 20:5; 45:14

Jeremiah

2:18; 26:22; 26:22; 37:7; 42:16; 44:1; 44:15; 44:28; 46:8; 46:11; 46:19; 46:24

Ezekiel

16:26; 27:7; 29:10; 30:4; 30:6; 30:9; 30:18

Hosea

9:6; 11:11; 12:1

Amos

8:8; 9:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4714 matches the Hebrew מִצְרַיִם (miṣrayim),
which occurs 639 times in 573 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 4 / 12 (Exo 12:27–Exo 32:8)

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:27 - that you shall say, ‘It is a Passover sacrifice to Yahweh who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt H4714 when He smote the Egyptians H4714, but delivered our homes.’” And the people bowed low and worshiped.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:29 -

Now it happened at midnight that Yahweh struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt H4714, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the [fn]dungeon, and all the firstborn of cattle.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:30 - Then Pharaoh arose in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians H4714, and there was a great cry in Egypt H4714, for there was no home where there was not someone dead.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:35 -

Now the sons of Israel had done according to the word of Moses—they had asked from the Egyptians H4714 for articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing;

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:36 - and Yahweh had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians H4714, so that they let them have what they asked. Thus they plundered the Egyptians H4714.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:39 - And they baked the dough which they had brought out of Egypt H4714 into cakes of unleavened bread. For it had not become leavened, since they were driven out of Egypt H4714 and could not delay, nor had they [fn]prepared any provisions for themselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:40 -

Now the time [fn]that the sons of Israel lived in Egypt H4714 was 430 years.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:41 - And it happened at the end of 430 years, [fn]to the very day, that all the hosts of Yahweh went out from the land of Egypt H4714.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:42 - It is a night to be kept for Yahweh for having brought them out from the land of Egypt H4714; this night is for Yahweh, to be kept [fn]by all the sons of Israel throughout their generations.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:51 - And on that same day Yahweh brought the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt H4714 [fn]by their hosts.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:3 -

And Moses said to the people, “Remember this day in which you went out from Egypt H4714, from the house of [fn]slavery; for by a strong hand Yahweh brought you out from this place. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:8 - “And you shall tell your son on that day, saying, ‘It is because of what Yahweh did for me when I came out of Egypt H4714.’
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:9 - “And it will be as a sign to you on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, that the law of Yahweh may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand Yahweh brought you out of Egypt H4714.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:14 - “And it will be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ then you shall say to him, ‘With a strong hand Yahweh brought us out of Egypt H4714, from the house of [fn]slavery.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:15 - ‘And it happened, when Pharaoh hardened his heart with stiffness about letting us go, that Yahweh killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt H4714, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast. Therefore, I sacrifice to Yahweh the males, the first [fn]offspring of every womb, but every firstborn of my sons I redeem.’
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:16 - “So it will be as a sign on your hand and as [fn]phylacteries between your eyes, for with a strong hand Yahweh brought us out of Egypt H4714.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:17 -

Now it happened that when Pharaoh had let the people go, God did not guide them by the way of the land of the Philistines, even though it was near; for God said, “Lest the people change their minds when they see war, and return to Egypt H4714.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:18 - Hence God turned the people to the way of the wilderness to the [fn]Red Sea; and the sons of Israel went up in battle array from the land of Egypt H4714.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:5 -

Then the king of Egypt H4714 was told that the people had fled, and the heart of Pharaoh and his servants was changed toward the people, and they said, “What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:7 - and he took six hundred choice chariots and all the other chariots of Egypt H4714 with officers over all of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:8 - And Yahweh [fn]hardened the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt H4714, with strength, and he pursued the sons of Israel as the sons of Israel were going out with an [fn]exalted hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:11 - Then they said to Moses, “Is it because there were no graves in Egypt H4714 that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? What is this you have done against us in [fn]bringing us out of Egypt H4714?
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:12 - “Is this not the word that we spoke to you in Egypt H4714, saying, ‘[fn]Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians H4714’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians H4714 than for us to die in the wilderness.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:20 - So it came between the camp of Egypt H4714 and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud [fn]along with the darkness, yet it gave light at night. Thus the one did not come near the other all night.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:25 - And He [fn]caused their chariot wheels to swerve, and He made them drive with difficulty; so the Egyptians H4714 said, “Let [fn]us flee from Israel, for Yahweh is fighting for them against the Egyptians H4714.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:26 -

Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may come back over the Egyptians H4714, over their chariots and their horsemen.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:27 - So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal state at daybreak while the Egyptians H4714 were fleeing [fn]right into it; then Yahweh [fn]overthrew the Egyptians H4714 in the midst of the sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:30 -

Thus Yahweh saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians H4714, and Israel saw the Egyptians H4714 dead on the seashore.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:31 - Then Israel saw the great hand which Yahweh had [fn]used against the Egyptians H4714; and the people [fn]feared Yahweh, and they believed in Yahweh and in His servant Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:26 - And He said, “If you will earnestly listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, and do what is right in His sight, and give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians H4714; for I, Yahweh, am your healer.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:1 -

Then they set out from Elim, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt H4714.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:3 - And the sons of Israel said to them, “Would that we had died by the hand of Yahweh in the land of Egypt H4714, when we sat by the pots of [fn]meat, when we ate bread to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to put this whole assembly to death with hunger.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:6 - So Moses and Aaron said to all the sons of Israel, “At evening [fn]you will know that Yahweh has brought you out of the land of Egypt H4714;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:32 - Then Moses said, “This is [fn]what Yahweh has commanded, ‘Let an omerful of it be kept throughout your generations, that they may see the bread that I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt H4714.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:3 - But the people thirsted there for water; and [fn]they grumbled against Moses and said, “Why, now, have you brought us up from Egypt H4714, to put [fn]us and [fn]our children and [fn]our livestock to death with thirst?”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:1 -

Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel His people, how Yahweh had brought Israel out of Egypt H4714.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:8 - And Moses recounted to his father-in-law all that Yahweh had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians H4714 for Israel’s sake, all the hardship that had befallen them on the journey, and how Yahweh had delivered them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:9 - And Jethro rejoiced over all the goodness which Yahweh had done to Israel, that He had delivered [fn]them from the hand of the Egyptians H4714.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:10 - So Jethro said, “Blessed be Yahweh who delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians H4714 and from the hand of Pharaoh, and who delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians H4714.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:1 -

In the third month after the sons of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt H4714, on this day they came into the wilderness of Sinai.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:4 - ‘You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians H4714, and how I lifted you up on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:2 -

“I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt H4714, out of the house of [fn]slavery.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:21 -

“You shall not mistreat a sojourner or oppress him, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt H4714.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:9 -

“And you shall not oppress a sojourner, since you yourselves know the soul of a sojourner, for you also were sojourners in the land of Egypt H4714.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:15 - “You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread; for seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the appointed time in the month Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt H4714. And [fn]none shall appear before Me empty-handed.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:46 - “They shall know that I am Yahweh their God who brought them out of the land of Egypt H4714, that I might dwell among them; I am Yahweh their God.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:1 -

Then the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain. So the people assembled about Aaron and said to him, “Arise, make us [fn]gods who will go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt H4714, we do not know what has become of him.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:4 - And he took this from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made it into a molten calf; and they said, “[fn]These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt H4714.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:7 -

Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, “Go! Go down at once, for your people, whom you brought up from the land of Egypt H4714, have corrupted themselves.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:8 - “They have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them. They have made for themselves a molten calf and have worshiped it and have sacrificed to it and said, ‘[fn]These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt H4714!’”

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