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Lexicon :: Strong's G125 - aigyptos

Aa
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.
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 31 times in 25 verses in 'Isa' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:18 - In that day the LORD will whistle for the fly that is at the end of the streams of Egypt, 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 says the Lord GOD of hosts: “O my people, who dwell in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrians when they strike with the rod and lift up their staff against you as the Egyptians did.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:26 - And the LORD of hosts will wield against them a whip, as when he struck Midian at the rock of Oreb. And his staff will be over the sea, and he will lift it as he did in Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:11 - In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush,[fn] from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:15 - And the LORD will utterly destroy[fn]
the tongue of the Sea of Egypt,
and will wave his hand over the River[fn]
with his scorching breath,[fn]
and strike it into seven channels,
and he will lead people across in sandals.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:16 - And there will be a highway from Assyria
for the remnant that remains of his people,
as there was for Israel
when they came up from the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1 - An oracle concerning Egypt.
Behold, the LORD is riding on a swift cloud
and comes to Egypt;
and the idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence,
and the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:4 - and I will give over the Egyptians
into the hand of a hard master,
and a fierce king will rule over them,
declares the Lord GOD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:12 - Where then are your wise men?
Let them tell you
that they might know what the LORD of hosts has purposed against Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:13 - The princes of Zoan have become fools,
and the princes of Memphis are deluded;
those who are the cornerstones of her tribes
have made Egypt stagger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:14 - The LORD has mingled within her a spirit of confusion,
and they will make Egypt stagger in all its deeds,
as a drunken man staggers in his vomit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:18 - In that day there will be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of hosts. One of these will be called the City of Destruction.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:20 - It will be a sign and a witness to the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry to the LORD because of oppressors, he will send them a savior and defender, and deliver them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:23 - In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and Assyria will come into Egypt, and Egypt into Assyria, and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:25 - whom the LORD of hosts has blessed, saying, “Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel my inheritance.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:4 - so shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptian captives and the Cushite exiles, both the young and the old, naked and barefoot, with buttocks uncovered, the nakedness of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:5 - When the report comes to Egypt,
they will be in anguish[fn] over the report about Tyre.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:13

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:2 - who set out to go down to Egypt,
without asking for my direction,
to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh
and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:3 - Therefore shall the protection of Pharaoh turn to your shame,
and the shelter in the shadow of Egypt to your humiliation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:1 - Woe[fn] to those who go down to Egypt for help
and rely on horses,
who trust in chariots because they are many
and in horsemen because they are very strong,
but do not look to the Holy One of Israel
or consult the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:6 - Behold, you are trusting in Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of any man who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:3 - For I am the LORD your God,
the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.
I give Egypt as your ransom,
Cush and Seba in exchange for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:14 - Thus says the LORD:
“The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush,
and the Sabeans, men of stature,
shall come over to you and be yours;
they shall follow you;
they shall come over in chains and bow down to you.
They will plead with you, saying:
‘Surely God is in you, and there is no other,
no god besides him.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:4 - For thus says the Lord GOD: “My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there, and the Assyrian oppressed them for nothing.[fn]
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