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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, , [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.); 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 571 times in 525 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 11 (Gen 12:10–Gen 46:7)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:10 - At that time a severe famine struck the land of Canaan, forcing Abram to go down to Egypt, where he lived as a foreigner.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:11 - As he was approaching the border of Egypt, Abram said to his wife, Sarai, “Look, you are a very beautiful woman.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:14 - And sure enough, when Abram arrived in Egypt, everyone noticed Sarai’s beauty.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:1 - So Abram left Egypt and traveled north into the Negev, along with his wife and Lot and all that they owned.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:10 - Lot took a long look at the fertile plains of the Jordan Valley in the direction of Zoar. The whole area was well watered everywhere, like the garden of the LORD or the beautiful land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:18 - So the LORD made a covenant with Abram that day and said, “I have given this land to your descendants, all the way from the border of Egypt[fn] to the great Euphrates River—
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:21 - and he settled in the wilderness of Paran. His mother arranged for him to marry a woman from the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:18 - Ishmael’s descendants occupied the region from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt in the direction of Asshur. There they lived in open hostility toward all their relatives.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:2 - The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt, but do as I tell you.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:25 - Then, just as they were sitting down to eat, they looked up and saw a caravan of camels in the distance coming toward them. It was a group of Ishmaelite traders taking a load of gum, balm, and aromatic resin from Gilead down to Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:28 - So when the Ishmaelites, who were Midianite traders, came by, Joseph’s brothers pulled him out of the cistern and sold him to them for twenty pieces[fn] of silver. And the traders took him to Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:36 - Meanwhile, the Midianite traders[fn] arrived in Egypt, where they sold Joseph to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. Potiphar was captain of the palace guard.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:1 - When Joseph was taken to Egypt by the Ishmaelite traders, he was purchased by Potiphar, an Egyptian officer. Potiphar was captain of the guard for Pharaoh, the king of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:1 - Some time later, Pharaoh’s chief cup-bearer and chief baker offended their royal master.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:5 - While they were in prison, Pharaoh’s cup-bearer and baker each had a dream one night, and each dream had its own meaning.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:8 - The next morning Pharaoh was very disturbed by the dreams. So he called for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. When Pharaoh told them his dreams, not one of them could tell him what they meant.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:19 - But then I saw seven sick-looking cows, scrawny and thin, come up after them. I’ve never seen such sorry-looking animals in all the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:29 - The next seven years will be a period of great prosperity throughout the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:30 - But afterward there will be seven years of famine so great that all the prosperity will be forgotten in Egypt. Famine will destroy the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:33 - “Therefore, Pharaoh should find an intelligent and wise man and put him in charge of the entire land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:34 - Then Pharaoh should appoint supervisors over the land and let them collect one-fifth of all the crops during the seven good years.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:36 - That way there will be enough to eat when the seven years of famine come to the land of Egypt. Otherwise this famine will destroy the land.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:41 - Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I hereby put you in charge of the entire land of Egypt.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:43 - Then he had Joseph ride in the chariot reserved for his second-in-command. And wherever Joseph went, the command was shouted, “Kneel down!” So Pharaoh put Joseph in charge of all Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:44 - And Pharaoh said to him, “I am Pharaoh, but no one will lift a hand or foot in the entire land of Egypt without your approval.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:46 - He was thirty years old when he began serving in the court of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. And when Joseph left Pharaoh’s presence, he inspected the entire land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:48 - During those years, Joseph gathered all the crops grown in Egypt and stored the grain from the surrounding fields in the cities.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:53 - At last the seven years of bumper crops throughout the land of Egypt came to an end.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:54 - Then the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had predicted. The famine also struck all the surrounding countries, but throughout Egypt there was plenty of food.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:55 - Eventually, however, the famine spread throughout the land of Egypt as well. And when the people cried out to Pharaoh for food, he told them, “Go to Joseph, and do whatever he tells you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:57 - And people from all around came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph because the famine was severe throughout the world.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:1 - When Jacob heard that grain was available in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you standing around looking at one another?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:2 - I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy enough grain to keep us alive. Otherwise we’ll die.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:3 - So Joseph’s ten older brothers went down to Egypt to buy grain.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:2 - When the grain they had brought from Egypt was almost gone, Jacob said to his sons, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:15 - So the men packed Jacob’s gifts and double the money and headed off with Benjamin. They finally arrived in Egypt and presented themselves to Joseph.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:4 - “Please, come closer,” he said to them. So they came closer. And he said again, “I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into slavery in Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:8 - So it was God who sent me here, not you! And he is the one who made me an adviser[fn] to Pharaoh—the manager of his entire palace and the governor of all Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:9 - “Now hurry back to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me master over all the land of Egypt. So come down to me immediately!
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:13 - Go tell my father of my honored position here in Egypt. Describe for him everything you have seen, and then bring my father here quickly.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:18 - Then get your father and all of your families, and return here to me. I will give you the very best land in Egypt, and you will eat from the best that the land produces.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:19 - Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Take wagons from the land of Egypt to carry your little children and your wives, and bring your father here.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:20 - Don’t worry about your personal belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:23 - He also sent his father ten male donkeys loaded with the finest products of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and other supplies he would need on his journey.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:25 - And they left Egypt and returned to their father, Jacob, in the land of Canaan.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:26 - “Joseph is still alive!” they told him. “And he is governor of all the land of Egypt!” Jacob was stunned at the news—he couldn’t believe it.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:3 - “I am God,[fn] the God of your father,” the voice said. “Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make your family into a great nation.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:4 - I will go with you down to Egypt, and I will bring you back again. You will die in Egypt, but Joseph will be with you to close your eyes.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:6 - They also took all their livestock and all the personal belongings they had acquired in the land of Canaan. So Jacob and his entire family went to Egypt—
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:7 - sons and grandsons, daughters and granddaughters—all his descendants.

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