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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.
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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 24 times in 22 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:13 - Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise, take the young Child and His mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I bring you word; 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 - When he arose, he took the young Child and His mother by night and departed for 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 I called My Son.”[fn]

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:10 - “Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:9 - “And the patriarchs, becoming envious, sold Joseph into Egypt. But 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 troubles, and gave him favor and wisdom in the presence of 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 a famine and great trouble came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, 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 out our fathers first.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:15 - “So Jacob went down to Egypt; and he died, he and our fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:17 - “But when the time of the promise drew near which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:34 - “I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt; I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send you to Egypt.” ’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:36 - “He brought them out, after he had shown wonders and signs in the land of 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 - “whom our fathers would not obey, but rejected. And in their hearts they turned back to Egypt,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:40

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:40 - “saying to Aaron, ‘Make us gods to go before us; as for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:17 - “The God of this people Israel[fn] chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He brought them out of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:16 - For who, having heard, rebelled? Indeed, was it not all who came out of Egypt, led 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 when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them, says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:26 - esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in[fn] Egypt; for he looked to the 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 - But I want to remind you, though you once knew this, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 11:8

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