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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 EgyptGenesis 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׳ בואIsaiah 19:23, לְמ׳ בוא † Jeremiah 44:218; מ׳ מ׳שׁוּב Hoshea 8:3 + 9 times, אֶל־מ׳ שׁוּב † Hoshea 11:5, שׁוּב מ׳ לְאַרְצוֹJeremiah 37:7; מ׳ בָּרַח1 Kings 11:40; מ׳ שָׁלַחJeremiah 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׳ פָּדָה2 Samuel 7:23 (but de. Gei Urschr. 288 We Dr Kit Bu) = 1 Chronicles 17:21; מִמּ׳ בּוֹא2 Chronicles 12:3; 2 Chronicles 20:10; מִמּ׳ שׁוּבJeremiah 44:28; 2 Chronicles 10:2; מִמּ׳ אָתָהPsalm 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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4714 matches the Hebrew מִצְרַיִם (miṣrayim),
which occurs 51 times in 40 verses in 'Isa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:18 -

In that day the LORD will whistle for the fly that is in the [fn]mouth of the rivers and canals of Egypt and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:24 -

Therefore, the Lord GOD of hosts says this, “O My people who dwell in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrian who strikes you with a rod and lifts up his staff against you, as [the king of] Egypt did.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:26 - The LORD of hosts will brandish a whip against them like the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and His staff will be over the [Red] Sea and He will lift it up the way He did in [the flight from] Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:11 -

Then it will happen on that day that the Lord

Will again acquire with His hand a second time

The remnant of His people, who will remain,

From Assyria, from [Lower] Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush (Ethiopia), from Elam [in Persia], from Shinar [Babylonia], from Hamath [in Aram],

And from the coastlands bordering the [Mediterranean] Sea.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:15 -

And the LORD will utterly destroy

The tongue of the [fn]Sea of Egypt;

And with His scorching wind

He will wave His hand over the River;

He will strike and divide it into seven channels

And make [it possible for] people [to] walk over in sandals.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:16 -

And there will be a highway from Assyria

For the remnant of His people who will be left,

Just as there was for Israel

In the day when they came up out of the land of Egypt.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1 -

The [mournful, inspired] oracle ([fn]a burden to be carried) concerning Egypt:

Listen carefully, the LORD is riding on a swift cloud and is about to come to Egypt;

The idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence,

And the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:2 -

“So I will provoke Egyptians against Egyptians;

And they will fight, each one against his brother and each one against his neighbor,

City against city, kingdom against kingdom.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:3 -

“Then the spirit of the Egyptians will become exhausted within them and emptied out;

And I will confuse their strategy,

So that they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead,

And mediums and soothsayers.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:4 -

“And I will hand over the Egyptians to a hard and cruel master,

And a mighty king will rule over them,” declares the Lord GOD of hosts.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:12 -

Where then are your wise men?

Please let them tell you,

And let them understand what the LORD of hosts

Has purposed against Egypt [if they can].

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:13 -

The princes of Zoan have acted like fools,

The princes of Memphis are deluded [and entertain false hope];

Those who are the cornerstone of her tribes

Have led Egypt astray.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:14 -

The LORD has mixed a spirit of distortion within her;

Her leaders have caused Egypt to stagger in all that she does,

As a drunken man staggers in his vomit.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:15 -

There will be no work for Egypt

Which head or tail, [high] palm branch or [low] bulrush, may do.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:16 -

In that day the Egyptians will become like [helpless] women, and they will tremble and be frightened because of the waving of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which He is going to wave over them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:17 - The land of Judah [Assyria’s ally] will become a terror to the Egyptians; everyone to whom Judah is mentioned will be in dread of it, because of the purpose of the LORD of hosts which He is planning against Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:18 -

In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of [the Hebrews of] Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of hosts. One [of them] will be called the City of [fn]Destruction.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:19 -

In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a memorial stone to the LORD near its border.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:20 - It will become a sign and a witness to the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to the LORD because of oppressors, and He will send them a Savior, a [Great] Defender, and He will rescue them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:21 - And so the LORD will make Himself known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know [heed, honor, and cherish] the LORD in that day. They will even worship with sacrifices [of animals] and offerings [of produce]; they will make a vow to the LORD and fulfill it.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:22 - The LORD will strike Egypt, striking but healing it; so they will return to the LORD, and He will respond to them and heal them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:23 -

In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrians will come into Egypt and the Egyptians into Assyria; and the Egyptians will worship and serve [the LORD] with the Assyrians.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:24 -

In that day Israel will be the third party with Egypt and with Assyria [in a Messianic league], a blessing in the midst of the earth,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:25 - whom the LORD of hosts has blessed, saying, “Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My heritage.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:3 - And the LORD said, “Even as My servant Isaiah has walked [fn]stripped and barefoot for three years as a sign and forewarning concerning Egypt and Cush (Ethiopia),
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:4 - in the same way the king of Assyria will lead away the Egyptian captives and the Cushite exiles, young and old, stripped and barefoot, even with buttocks uncovered—to the [fn]shame of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:5 - “Then they will be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and Egypt their boast.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:5 -

When the report reaches Egypt,

They will be in agony at the report about Tyre.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:12 -

In that day the LORD will thresh [out His grain] from the flowing stream of the River [Euphrates] to the Brook of Egypt, and you will be gathered up one by one, O sons of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:13 - It will come to pass in that day that a great trumpet will be blown, and those who were lost and perishing in the land of Assyria and who were scattered in the land of Egypt will come and worship the LORD on the holy mountain at Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:2 -

Who proceed down to Egypt

Without consulting [fn]Me,

To take refuge in the stronghold of Pharaoh

And to take shelter in the shadow of Egypt!

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:3 -

“Therefore the safety and protection of Pharaoh will be your shame

And the refuge in the shadow of Egypt, your humiliation and disgrace.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:7 -

For Egypt’s help is worthless and good for nothing.

Therefore, I have called her

“Rahab Who Has Been Exterminated.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:1 -

Woe (judgment is coming) to those who go down to Egypt for help,

Who rely on horses

And trust in chariots because they are many,

And in horsemen because they are very strong,

But they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek and consult the LORD!

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:3 -

Now the Egyptians are men and not God,

And their horses are flesh and not spirit;

And the LORD will stretch out His hand,

And he (Egypt) who helps will stumble,

And he (Judah) who is helped will fall,

And all of them will perish together.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:6 - “Listen carefully, you rely on the staff of this broken reed, Egypt, which will pierce the hand of any man who leans on it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:9 - “How then can you repulse [the attack of] a single [fn]commander of the least of my master’s servants, and rely on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:3 -

“For I am the LORD your God,

The Holy One of Israel, your Savior;

I have given Egypt [to the Babylonians] as your ransom,

Cush (ancient Ethiopia) and Seba [its province] in exchange for you.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:14 -

For this is what the LORD says,

“The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush (ancient Ethiopia)

And the Sabeans, men of stature,

Will come over to you and they will be yours;

They will walk behind you, in chains [of subjection to you] they will come over,

And they will bow down before you;

They will make supplication to you, [humbly and earnestly] saying,

[fn]‘Most certainly God is with you, and there is no other,

No other God [besides Him].’”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:4 - For the Lord GOD says this, “My people went down at the first into Egypt to live there; and [many years later Sennacherib] the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
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