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Lexicon :: Strong's G125 - aigyptos

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Αἴγυπτος
Transliteration
aigyptos (Key)
Pronunciation
ah'-ee-goop-tos
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
Strong’s Definitions

Αἴγυπτος Aígyptos, ah'-ee-goop-tos; of uncertain derivation; Ægyptus, the land of the Nile:—Egypt.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x

The KJV translates Strong's G125 in the following manner: Egypt (24x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x
The KJV translates Strong's G125 in the following manner: Egypt (24x).

  1. Egypt = "double straits"

    1. a country occupying the northeast angle of Africa

    2. metaph. Jerusalem, for the Jews persecuting the Christ and his followers, and so to be likened to the Egyptians treating the Jews

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Αἴγυπτος Aígyptos, ah'-ee-goop-tos; of uncertain derivation; Ægyptus, the land of the Nile:—Egypt.
STRONGS G125:
Αἴγυπτος, -ου, ἡ, [always without the article, Buttmann, 87 (76); Winers Grammar, § 18, 5 a.], the proper name of a well-known country, Egypt: Matthew 2:13; Acts 2:10; Hebrews 3:16, etc.; more fully γῆ Αἴγυπτος, Acts 7:36 [not L WH Tr text], Acts 7:40; Acts 13:17; Hebrews 8:9; Jude 1:5 (Exodus 5:12; Exodus 6:26, etc.; 1 Macc. 1:19; Baruch 1:19f, etc.); ἡ γῆ Αἴγυπτος, Acts 7:11; ἐν Αἰγύπτου namely, γῆ, Hebrews 11:26 Lachmann, but cf. Bleek at the passage; Buttmann, 171 (149); [Winer's Grammar, 384 (359)]. In Revelation 11:8 Αἴγυπτος is figuratively used for Jerusalem, i. e. for the Jewish nation viewed as persecuting Christ and his followers, and so to be likened to the Egyptians in their ancient hostility to the true God and their endeavors to crush his people.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
5:12; 6:26
Matthew
2:13
Acts
2:10; 7:11; 7:36; 7:40; 13:17
Hebrews
3:16; 8:9; 11:26
Jude
1:5
Revelation
11:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G125 matches the Greek Αἴγυπτος (aigyptos),
which occurs 25 times in 23 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:13 - Now when they were departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I tell thee: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:14 - And he arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:15 - and was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt did I call my son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:19 - But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:10 - in Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and sojourners from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:9 - And the patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt: and God was with him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:10 - and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:11 - Now there came a famine over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:12 - But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent forth our fathers the first time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:15 - And Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died, himself and our fathers;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:17 - But as the time of the promise drew nigh which God vouchsafed unto Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:18 - till there arose another king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:34 - I have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard their groaning, and I am come down to deliver them: and now come, I will send thee into Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:36 - This man led them forth, having wrought wonders and signs in Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:39 - to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but thrust him from them, and turned back in their hearts unto Egypt,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:40

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:40 - saying unto Aaron, Make us gods that shall go before us: for as for this Moses, who led us forth out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:17 - The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they sojourned in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm led he them forth out of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:16 - For who, when they heard, did provoke? nay, did not all they that came out of Egypt by Moses?

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:9 -
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers
In the day that I took them by the hand to lead them forth out of the land of Egypt;
For they continued not in my covenant,
And I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:26 - accounting the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt: for he looked unto the recompense of reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:27 - By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:5 - Now I desire to put you in remembrance, though ye know all things once for all, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:8 - And their dead bodies lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.
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