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Lexicon :: Strong's H4714 - miṣrayim

Aa
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 639 times in 573 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 12 (Gen 10:6–Gen 45:26)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:6 -

The sons H1121 of Ham H2526 were Cush H3568, Mizraim H4714, Put H6316, and Canaan H3667.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:13 - Mizraim H4714 fathered H3205 Ludim H3866, Anamim H6047, Lehabim H3853, Naphtuhim H5320,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:10 -

Now there was a famine H7458 in the land H776; so Abram H87 went H3381 down H3381 to Egypt H4714 to live H1481 there H8033 for H1481 a H1481 time H1481, because H3588 the famine H7458 was severe H3515 in the land H776.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:11 - It came H1961 about H1961, when H834 he [fn]was approaching H7126 H935 Egypt H4714, that he said H559 to his wife H802 Sarai H8297, “See H2009 now H4994, I know H3045 that you are a [fn]beautiful H3303 woman H802;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:14 - Now it came H1961 about H1961, when Abram H87 entered H935 Egypt H4714, that the Egyptians H4713 [fn]saw H7200 that the woman H802 was very H3966 beautiful H3303.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:1 -

So Abram H87 went H5927 up H5927 from Egypt H4714 to the [fn]Negev H5045, he and his wife H802 and all H3605 that belonged to him, and Lot H3876 with him.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:10 - Lot H3876 raised H5375 his eyes H5869 and saw H7200 all H3605 the [fn]vicinity H3603 of the Jordan H3383, that it was well H4945 watered H4945 everywhere H3605this was before H6440 the LORD H3068 destroyed H7843 Sodom H5467 and Gomorrah H6017—like the garden H1588 of the LORD H3068, like the land H776 of Egypt H4714 [fn]going H935 toward Zoar H6820.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:18 - On that day H3117 the LORD H3068 made H3772 a covenant H1285 with Abram H87, saying H559,

“To your [fn]descendants H2233 I have given H5414 this H2088 land H776,

From the river H5104 of Egypt H4714 as far H5704 as the great H1419 river H5104, the river H5104 Euphrates H6578:

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:21 - He lived H3427 in the wilderness H4057 of Paran H6290, and his mother H517 took H3947 a wife H802 for him from the land H776 of Egypt H4714.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:18 - They [fn]settled H7931 from Havilah H2341 to Shur H7793 which H834 is [fn]east H5921 H6440 of Egypt H4714 [fn]going H935 toward Assyria H804; he [fn]settled H5307 in H5921 H6440 defiance H5921 H6440 of all H3605 his relatives H251.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:2 - And the LORD H3068 appeared H7200 to him and said H559, “Do not go H3381 down H3381 to Egypt H4714; stay H7931 in the land H776 of which H834 I shall tell H559 you.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:25 -

Then they sat H3427 down H3427 to eat H398 [fn]a meal H3899. But as they raised H5375 their eyes H5869 and looked H7200, behold H2009, a caravan H736 of Ishmaelites H3459 was coming H935 from Gilead H1568, with their camels H1581 carrying H5375 labdanum H5219 resin H5219, balsam H6875, and [fn]myrrh H3910, [fn]on H1980 their way H1980 to bring H3381 them down H3381 to Egypt H4714.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:28 - Then some H376 Midianite H4084 traders H5503 passed H5674 by H5674, so they pulled H4900 him out H4900 and lifted H5927 Joseph H3130 out of the pit H953, and sold H4376 [fn]him to the Ishmaelites H3459 for [fn]twenty H6242 shekels of silver H3701. So they brought H935 Joseph H3130 into Egypt H4714.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:36 - Meanwhile, the [fn]Midianites H4084 sold H4376 him in Egypt H4714 to Potiphar H6318, Pharaoh’s H6547 officer H5631, the captain H8269 of the bodyguard H2876.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:1 -

Now Joseph H3130 had been taken H3381 down H3381 to Egypt H4714; and Potiphar H6318, an Egyptian H4713 officer H5631 of Pharaoh H6547, the captain H8269 of the bodyguard H2876, bought H7069 him [fn]from the Ishmaelites H3459, who H834 had taken H3381 him down H3381 there H8033.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:1 -

Then it came H1961 about H1961 after H310 these H428 things H1697, that the cupbearer H4945 and the baker H644 for the king H4428 of Egypt H4714 offended H2398 their lord H113, the king H4428 of Egypt H4714.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:5 - Then the cupbearer H4945 and the baker H644 for the king H4428 of Egypt H4714, who H834 were confined H631 in the prison H1004 H5470, both H8147 had H2492 a dream H2472 the same H259 night H3915, each H376 man H376 with his own dream H2472 and each H376 dream H2472 with its own interpretation H6623.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:8 - Now in the morning H1242 his spirit H7307 was troubled H6470, so he sent H7971 messengers and called H7121 for all H3605 the soothsayer H2748 priests H2748 of Egypt H4714, and all H3605 its wise H2450 men H2450. And Pharaoh H6547 told H5608 them his [fn]dreams H2472, but there H369 was H369 no H369 one H369 who could interpret H6622 them for Pharaoh H6547.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:19 - “Then behold H2009, seven H7651 other H312 cows H6510 came H5927 up H5927 after H310 them, poor H1800 and very H3966 [fn]ugly H7451 H8389 and [fn]thin H7534 H1320, such H2007 as I had never H3808 seen H7200 for [fn]ugliness H7455 in all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:29 - “Behold H2009, seven H7651 years H8141 of great H1419 abundance H7647 are coming H935 in all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:30 - and after H310 them seven H7651 years H8141 of famine H7458 will [fn]come H6965, and all H3605 the abundance H7647 will be forgotten H7911 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714, and the famine H7458 will [fn]ravage H3615 the land H776.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:33 - “So now H6258 let Pharaoh H6547 look H7200 for a man H376 discerning H995 and wise H2450, and appoint H7896 him over H5921 the land H776 of Egypt H4714.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:34 - “Let Pharaoh H6547 take H6213 action H6213 to appoint H6485 overseers H6496 [fn]in H5921 charge H5921 of H5921 the land H776, and let him take H2567 a H2567 fifth H2567 of the produce of the land H776 of Egypt H4714 as a tax in the seven H7651 years H8141 of abundance H7647.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:36 - “Let the food H400 be used as a reserve H6487 for the land H776 for the seven H7651 years H8141 of famine H7458 which H834 will occur H1961 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714, so that the land H776 will not perish H3772 during the famine H7458.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:41 - Pharaoh H6547 also said H559 to Joseph H3130, “See H7200, I have placed H5414 you over H5921 all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:43 - And he had him ride H7392 in [fn]his second H4932 chariot H4818; and they proclaimed H7121 ahead H6440 of him, “[fn]Bow H86 the H86 knee H86!” And he placed H5414 him over H5921 all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:44 - Moreover, Pharaoh H6547 said H559 to Joseph H3130, “Though I am Pharaoh H6547, yet without H1107 [fn]your permission no H3808 one H376 shall raise H7311 his hand H3027 or foot H7272 in all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:45 - Then Pharaoh H6547 named H7121 H8034 Joseph H3130 [fn]Zaphenath-paneah H6847; and he gave H5414 him Asenath H621, the daughter H1323 of Potiphera H6319 priest H3548 of [fn]On H204, to be his wife H802. And Joseph H3130 went H3318 out H3318 over H5921 the land H776 of Egypt H4714.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:46 -

Now Joseph H3130 was thirty H7970 years H8141 old H1121 when he [fn]stood H5975 in the presence H6440 of Pharaoh H6547, king H4428 of Egypt H4714. And Joseph H3130 went H3318 out H3318 from the presence H6440 of Pharaoh H6547 and went H5674 through all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:48 - So he collected H6908 all H3605 the food H400 of these seven H7651 years H8141 which H834 occurred H1961 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714 and put H5414 the food H400 in the cities H5892; he put H5414 in every city H5892 the food H400 from its own surrounding H5439 fields H7704.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:53 -

When the seven H7651 years H8141 of plenty H7647 which H834 had taken H1961 place H1961 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714 came H3615 to H3615 an H3615 end H3615,

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:54 - and the seven H7651 years H8141 of famine H7458 began H2490 to come H935, just H834 as H834 Joseph H3130 had said H559, then there was famine H7458 in all H3605 the lands H776; but in all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 there was bread H3899.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:55 - So when all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 suffered H7456 famine H7456, the people H5971 cried H6817 out H6817 to Pharaoh H6547 for bread H3899; and Pharaoh H6547 said H559 to all H3605 the Egyptians H4714, “Go H1980 to Joseph H3130; whatever H834 he says H559 to you, you shall do H6213.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:56 - When the famine H7458 was spread over H5921 the entire H3605 face H6440 of the earth H776, then Joseph H3130 opened H6605 all H3605 [fn]the storehouses H834 and sold H7666 grain H7666 to the Egyptians H4714; and the famine H7458 was severe H2388 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:57 - Then the people of all H3605 the earth H776 came H935 to Egypt H4714 to buy H7666 grain H7666 from Joseph H3130, because H3588 the famine H7458 was severe H2388 in all H3605 the earth H776.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:1 -

Now Jacob H3290 saw H7200 that there H3426 was H3426 grain H7668 in Egypt H4714, and Jacob H3290 said H559 to his sons H1121, “Why H4100 are you staring H7200 at one another?”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:2 - Then he said H559, “Look H2009, I have heard H8085 that there H3426 is H3426 grain H7668 in Egypt H4714; go H3381 down H3381 there H8033 and buy H7666 some for us from [fn]that place H8033, so that we may live H2421 and not die H4191.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:3 - So ten H6235 of Joseph’s H3130 brothers H251 went H3381 down H3381 to buy H7666 grain H1250 from Egypt H4714.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:2 - So it came H1961 about H1961, when H834 they had finished H3615 eating H398 the grain H7668 which H834 they had brought H935 from Egypt H4714, that their father H1 said H559 to them, “Go H7725 back H7725, buy H7666 us a little H4592 food H400.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:15 - So the men H376 took H3947 this H2088 gift H4503, and they took H3947 double H4932 the money H3701 in their hand H3027, and Benjamin H1144; then they set H6965 out H6965 and went H3381 down H3381 to Egypt H4714, and stood H5975 before H6440 Joseph H3130.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:4 -

Then Joseph H3130 said H559 to his brothers H251, “Please H4994 come H5066 [fn]closer H5066 to me.” And they came H5066 [fn]closer H5066. And he said H559, “I am your brother H251 Joseph H3130, whom H834 you sold H4376 to Egypt H4714.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:8 - “Now H6258, therefore, it was not you who sent H7971 me here H2008, but God H430; and He has made H7760 me a father H1 to Pharaoh H6547 and lord H113 of all H3605 his household H1004, and ruler H4910 over all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:9 - “Hurry H4116 and go H5927 up H5927 to my father H1, and say H559 to him, ‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 your son H1121 Joseph H3130 says H559: “God H430 has made H7760 me lord H113 of all H3605 Egypt H4714; come H3381 down H3381 to me, do not delay H5975.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:13 - “Now you must tell H5046 my father H1 of all H3605 my splendor H3519 in Egypt H4714, and all H3605 that you have seen H7200; and you must hurry H4116 and bring H3381 my father H1 down H3381 here H2008.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:18 - and take H3947 your father H1 and your households H1004 and come H935 to me; and I will give H5414 you the [fn]best H2898 of the land H776 of Egypt H4714, and you will eat H398 the fat H2459 of the land H776.’
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:19 - “Now you are ordered H6680, ‘Do H6213 this H2088: [fn]take H3947 wagons H5699 from the land H776 of Egypt H4714 for your little H2945 ones H2945 and for your wives H802, and bring H5375 your father H1 and come H935.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:20 - ‘And do not [fn]concern H2347 H5869 yourselves H5869 with your property H3627, for the [fn]best H2898 of all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 is yours.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:23 - And to his father H1 he sent H7971 [fn]the following H2088: ten H6235 male H2543 donkeys H2543 loaded H5375 with the [fn]best H2898 things H2898 of Egypt H4714, ten H6235 female H860 donkeys H860 loaded H5375 with grain H1250, bread H3899, and sustenance H4202 for his father H1 [fn]on the journey H1870.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:25 - Then they went H5927 up H5927 from Egypt H4714, and came H935 to the land H776 of Canaan H3667, to their father H1 Jacob H3290.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:26 - And they told H5046 him, saying H559, “Joseph H3130 is still H5750 alive H2416, and indeed H3588 he is ruler H4910 over all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714.” But [fn]he was stunned H6313, for he did not believe H539 them.

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