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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 25 times in 23 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:13 - After the wise men were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up! Flee to Egypt with the child and his mother,” the angel said. “Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:14 - That night Joseph left for Egypt with the child and Mary, his mother,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:15 - and they stayed there until Herod’s death. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “I called my Son out of Egypt.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:19 - When Herod died, 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, Pamphylia, Egypt, and the areas of Libya around Cyrene, visitors from Rome

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:9 - “These patriarchs were jealous of their brother Joseph, and they sold him to be a slave in Egypt. But God was with him

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:10 - and rescued him from all his troubles. And God gave him favor before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. God also gave Joseph unusual wisdom, so that Pharaoh appointed him governor over all of Egypt and put him in charge of the palace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:11 - “But a famine came upon Egypt and Canaan. There was great misery, and our ancestors ran out of food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:12 - Jacob heard that there was still grain in Egypt, so he sent his sons—our ancestors—to buy some.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:15 - So Jacob went to Egypt. He died there, as did our ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:17 - “As the time drew near when God would fulfill his promise to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt greatly increased.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:18 - But then a new king came to the throne of Egypt who knew nothing about Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:34 - I have certainly seen the oppression of my people in Egypt. I have heard their groans and have come down to rescue them. Now go, for I am sending you back to Egypt.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:36 - And by means of many wonders and miraculous signs, he led them out of Egypt, through the Red Sea, and through the wilderness for forty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:39 - “But our ancestors refused to listen to Moses. They rejected him and wanted to return to Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:40

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:40 - They told Aaron, ‘Make us some gods who can lead us, for we don’t know what has become of this Moses, who brought us out of Egypt.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:17 - “The God of this nation of Israel chose our ancestors and made them multiply and grow strong during their stay in Egypt. Then with a powerful arm he led them out of their slavery.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:16 - And who was it who rebelled against God, even though they heard his voice? Wasn’t it the people Moses led out of Egypt?

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:9 - This covenant will not be like the one
I made with their ancestors
when I took them by the hand
and led them out of the land of Egypt.
They did not remain faithful to my covenant,
so I turned my back on them, says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:26 - He thought it was better to suffer for the sake of Christ than to own the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his great reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:27 - It was by faith that Moses left the land of Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger. He kept right on going because he kept his eyes on the one who is invisible.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:5 - So I want to remind you, though you already know these things, that Jesus[fn] first rescued the nation of Israel from Egypt, but later he destroyed those who did not remain faithful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:8 - And their bodies will lie in the main street of Jerusalem,[fn] the city that is figuratively called “Sodom” and “Egypt,” the city where their Lord was crucified.
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