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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 Egypt † Genesis 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׳ בוא † Isaiah 19:23, לְמ׳ בוא † Jeremiah 44:218; מ׳ מ׳שׁוּב Hoshea 8:3 + 9 times, אֶל־מ׳ שׁוּב † Hoshea 11:5, שׁוּב מ׳ לְאַרְצוֹ † Jeremiah 37:7; מ׳ בָּרַח † 1 Kings 11:40; מ׳ שָׁלַח † Jeremiah 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׳ פָּדָה † 2 Samuel 7:23 (but de. Gei Urschr. 288 We Dr Kit Bu) = 1 Chronicles 17:21; מִמּ׳ בּוֹא † 2 Chronicles 12:3; 2 Chronicles 20:10; מִמּ׳ שׁוּב † Jeremiah 44:28; 2 Chronicles 10:2; מִמּ׳ אָתָה † Psalm 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

H4714

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Strong's Number H4714 matches the Hebrew מִצְרַיִם (miṣrayim),
which occurs 149 times in 129 verses in 'Exo' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Exo 1:1–Exo 9:18)

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Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt H4714 with Jacob; they came each one [fn]with his household:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:5 - And all the [fn]persons who came from the loins of Jacob were seventy [fn]in number, but Joseph was already in Egypt H4714.

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And a new king arose over Egypt H4714, who did not know Joseph.

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Then the king of Egypt H4714 spoke to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom [fn]was named Shiphrah and the other [fn]was named Puah;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:17 - But the midwives [fn]feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt H4714 had spoken to them, but let the boys live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:18 - So the king of Egypt H4714 called for the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this thing, and let the boys live?”

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Now it happened in the course of those many days that the king of Egypt H4714 died. And the sons of Israel sighed because of the slavery, and they cried out; and their cry for help because of their slavery rose up to God.

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And Yahweh said, “I have surely seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt H4714, and I have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sufferings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:8 - “So I have come down to deliver them from the hand of the Egyptians H4714 and to bring them up from that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:9 - “So now, behold, the cry of the sons of Israel has come to Me; and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians H4714 are oppressing them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:10 - “So now, come and I will send you to Pharaoh, and so you shall bring My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt H4714.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:11 - But Moses said to God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt H4714?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:12 - And He said, “Certainly I will be with you, and this shall be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt H4714, you shall [fn]serve God at this mountain.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:16 - “Go and gather the elders of Israel together and say to them, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, “[fn]I indeed care about you and what has been done to you in Egypt H4714.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:17 - “So I said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt H4714 to the land of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey.”’

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:18 - “And they will listen to your voice; and you with the elders of Israel will come to the king of Egypt H4714, and you all will say to him, ‘Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So now, please, let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh our God.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:19 - “But I know that the king of Egypt H4714 will not give you permission to go, except by a strong hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:20 - “So I will stretch out My hand and strike Egypt H4714 with all My wondrous deeds which I shall do in the midst of it; and after that he will let you go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:22 - “But every woman shall ask of her neighbor and of the woman who lives in her house, for articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing; and you will put them on your sons and daughters. Thus you will plunder the Egyptians H4714.”

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Then Moses went and returned to [fn]Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, “Please, let me go, that I may return to my brothers who are in Egypt H4714 and see if they are still alive.” And Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:19 - And Yahweh said to Moses in Midian, “Go, return to Egypt H4714, for all the men who were seeking your life are dead.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:20 - So Moses took his wife and his sons and mounted them on a donkey and returned to the land of Egypt H4714. Moses also took the staff of God in his hand.

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And Yahweh said to Moses, “When you go to return to Egypt H4714, see to it that all the miraculous wonders which I have put in your hand, that you do them before Pharaoh; but as for Me, I will [fn]harden his heart with strength so that he will not let the people go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:4 - But the king of Egypt H4714 said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you [fn]draw the people away from their [fn]work? Get back to your [fn]hard labors!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:12 - So the people scattered through all the land of Egypt H4714 to gather stubble for straw.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:5 - “Furthermore I have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel because the Egyptians H4714 are holding them in slavery, and I have remembered My covenant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:6 - “Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel, ‘I am Yahweh, and I will bring you out from under the hard labors of the Egyptians H4714, and I will deliver you from their slavery. I will also redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:7 - ‘Then I will take you [fn]for My people, and I will be [fn]your God; and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out from under the hard labors of the Egyptians H4714.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:11 - “Come, [fn]tell Pharaoh king of Egypt H4714 [fn]to let the sons of Israel go out of his land.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:13 - Then Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron and gave them a command for the sons of Israel and for Pharaoh king of Egypt H4714, to bring the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt H4714.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:26 - It was the same Aaron and Moses to whom Yahweh said, “Bring out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt H4714 according to their hosts.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:27 - They were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt H4714 to bring out the sons of Israel from Egypt H4714; it was the same Moses and Aaron.

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Now it happened on the day when Yahweh spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt H4714,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:29 - that Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “I am Yahweh; speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt H4714 all that I am speaking to you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:3 - “But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart with stiffness that I may multiply My signs and My [fn]wonders in the land of Egypt H4714.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:4 - “But Pharaoh will not listen to you. And I will [fn]set My hand upon Egypt H4714 and bring out My hosts, My people the sons of Israel, from the land of Egypt H4714 by great judgments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:5 - “Then the Egyptians H4714 shall know that I am Yahweh, when I stretch out My hand against Egypt H4714 and bring out the sons of Israel from their midst.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:11 - Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers, and they also, the [fn]magicians of Egypt H4714, did [fn]the same with their secret arts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:19 - Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt H4714, over their rivers, over their [fn]streams, and over their pools and over all their reservoirs of water, that they may become blood; and there will be blood throughout all the land of Egypt H4714, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:21 - And the fish that were in the Nile died, and the Nile [fn]became foul, so that the Egyptians H4714 could not drink water from the Nile. And the blood was through all the land of Egypt H4714.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:22 - Yet the [fn]magicians of Egypt H4714 did [fn]the same with their secret arts; and Pharaoh’s heart was [fn]hardened with strength, and he did not listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:5 - [fn]Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the [fn]streams and over the pools, and cause the frogs to come up on the land of Egypt H4714.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:6 - So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt H4714, and the [fn]frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt H4714.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:7 - And the [fn]magicians did [fn]the same with their secret arts; they caused the frogs to come up on the land of Egypt H4714.

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Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become [fn]gnats through all the land of Egypt H4714.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:17 - And they did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, and there were [fn]gnats on man and beast. All the dust of the earth became [fn]gnats through all the land of Egypt H4714.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:24 - Then Yahweh did so. And there came heavy swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh and the houses of his servants, and the land was laid waste because of the swarms of flies in all the land of Egypt H4714.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:4 - “But Yahweh will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt H4714, so that nothing will die of all that belongs to the sons of Israel.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:9 - “And it will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt H4714, and it will become boils breaking out with sores on man and beast through all the land of Egypt H4714.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:18 - “Behold, about this time tomorrow, I will rain down very heavy hail, such as has not been seen in Egypt H4714 from the day it was founded [fn]until now.

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