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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 Egypt † Genesis 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׳ בוא † Isaiah 19:23, לְמ׳ בוא † Jeremiah 44:218; מ׳ מ׳שׁוּב Hoshea 8:3 + 9 times, אֶל־מ׳ שׁוּב † Hoshea 11:5, שׁוּב מ׳ לְאַרְצוֹ † Jeremiah 37:7; מ׳ בָּרַח † 1 Kings 11:40; מ׳ שָׁלַח † Jeremiah 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׳ פָּדָה † 2 Samuel 7:23 (but de. Gei Urschr. 288 We Dr Kit Bu) = 1 Chronicles 17:21; מִמּ׳ בּוֹא † 2 Chronicles 12:3; 2 Chronicles 20:10; מִמּ׳ שׁוּב † Jeremiah 44:28; 2 Chronicles 10:2; מִמּ׳ אָתָה † Psalm 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

H4714

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:18 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, H4714 and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:24 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt. H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:26 - And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt. H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:11 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, H4714 and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:15 - And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian H4714 sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:16 - And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt. H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1 - The burden of Egypt. H4714 Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: H4714 and the idols of Egypt H4714 shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt H4714 shall melt in the midst of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:2 - And I will set the Egyptians H4714 against the Egyptians: H4714 and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:3 - And the spirit of Egypt H4714 shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:4 - And the Egyptians H4714 will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:12 - Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt. H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:13 - The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, H4714 even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:14 - The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt H4714 to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:15 - Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, H4714 which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:16 - In that day shall Egypt H4714 be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:17 - And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, H4714 every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:18 - In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt H4714 speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:19 - In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, H4714 and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:20 - And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: H4714 for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:21 - And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, H4714 and the Egyptians H4714 shall know the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:22 - And the LORD shall smite Egypt: H4714 he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:23 - In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt H4714 to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, H4714 and the Egyptian H4714 into Assyria, and the Egyptians H4714 shall serve with the Assyrians.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:24 - In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt H4714 and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:25 - Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt H4714 my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:3 - And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt H4714 and upon Ethiopia;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:4 - So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians H4714 prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt. H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:5 - And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt H4714 their glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:5 - As at the report concerning Egypt, H4714 so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:12 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, H4714 and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:13 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, H4714 and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:2 - That walk to go down into Egypt, H4714 and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt! H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:3 - Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt H4714 your confusion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:7 - For the Egyptians H4714 shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:1 - Woe to them that go down to Egypt H4714 for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:3 - Now the Egyptians H4714 are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:6 - Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; H4714 whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt H4714 to all that trust in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:9 - How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt H4714 for chariots and for horsemen?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:3 - For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt H4714 for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:14 - Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, H4714 and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:4 - For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt H4714 to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
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