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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.
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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 51 times in 48 verses in 'Jer' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:6 - They did not say, ‘Where is the LORD
who brought us up from the land of Egypt,
who led us in the wilderness,
in a land of deserts and pits,
in a land of drought and deep darkness,
in a land that none passes through,
where no man dwells?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:18 - And now what do you gain by going to Egypt
to drink the waters of the Nile?[fn]
Or what do you gain by going to Assyria
to drink the waters of the Euphrates?[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:36 - How much you go about,
changing your way!
You shall be put to shame by Egypt
as you were put to shame by Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:22 - For in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak to your fathers or command them concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:25 - From the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt to this day, I have persistently sent all my servants the prophets to them, day after day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:26 - Egypt, Judah, Edom, the sons of Ammon, Moab, and all who dwell in the desert who cut the corners of their hair, for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:4 - that I commanded your fathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Listen to my voice, and do all that I command you. So shall you be my people, and I will be your God,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:14 - “Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when it shall no longer be said, ‘As the LORD lives who brought up the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt,’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:7 - “Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when they shall no longer say, ‘As the LORD lives who brought up the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt,’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:8 - “But thus says the LORD: Like the bad figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten, so will I treat Zedekiah the king of Judah, his officials, the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:19 - Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his officials, all his people,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:21 - And when King Jehoiakim, with all his warriors and all the officials, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death. But when Uriah heard of it, he was afraid and fled and escaped to Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:22 - Then King Jehoiakim sent to Egypt certain men, Elnathan the son of Achbor and others with him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:32 - not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:20 - You have shown signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and to this day in Israel and among all mankind, and have made a name for yourself, as at this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:21 - You brought your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and outstretched arm, and with great terror.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:13 - “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: I myself made a covenant with your fathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:5 - The army of Pharaoh had come out of Egypt. And when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news about them, they withdrew from Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:7 - “Thus says the LORD, God of Israel: Thus shall you say to the king of Judah who sent you to me to inquire of me, ‘Behold, Pharaoh’s army that came to help you is about to return to Egypt, to its own land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:17 - And they went and stayed at Geruth Chimham near Bethlehem, intending to go to Egypt

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:14 - and saying, ‘No, we will go to the land of Egypt, where we shall not see war or hear the sound of the trumpet or be hungry for bread, and we will dwell there,’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:15 - then hear the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah. Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: If you set your faces to enter Egypt and go to live there,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:16 - then the sword that you fear shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine of which you are afraid shall follow close after you to Egypt, and there you shall die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:17 - All the men who set their faces to go to Egypt to live there shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence. They shall have no remnant or survivor from the disaster that I will bring upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:18 - “For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: As my anger and my wrath were poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so my wrath will be poured out on you when you go to Egypt. You shall become an execration, a horror, a curse, and a taunt. You shall see this place no more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:19 - The LORD has said to you, O remnant of Judah, ‘Do not go to Egypt.’ Know for a certainty that I have warned you this day

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:2 - Azariah the son of Hoshaiah and Johanan the son of Kareah and all the insolent men said to Jeremiah, “You are telling a lie. The LORD our God did not send you to say, ‘Do not go to Egypt to live there,’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:7 - And they came into the land of Egypt, for they did not obey the voice of the LORD. And they arrived at Tahpanhes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:11 - He shall come and strike the land of Egypt, giving over to the pestilence those who are doomed to the pestilence, to captivity those who are doomed to captivity, and to the sword those who are doomed to the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:12 - I shall kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and he shall burn them and carry them away captive. And he shall clean the land of Egypt as a shepherd cleans his cloak of vermin, and he shall go away from there in peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:1 - The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Judeans who lived in the land of Egypt, at Migdol, at Tahpanhes, at Memphis, and in the land of Pathros,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:8 - Why do you provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, making offerings to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have come to live, so that you may be cut off and become a curse and a taunt among all the nations of the earth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:12 - I will take the remnant of Judah who have set their faces to come to the land of Egypt to live, and they shall all be consumed. In the land of Egypt they shall fall; by the sword and by famine they shall be consumed. From the least to the greatest, they shall die by the sword and by famine, and they shall become an oath, a horror, a curse, and a taunt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:13 - I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:14 - so that none of the remnant of Judah who have come to live in the land of Egypt shall escape or survive or return to the land of Judah, to which they desire to return to dwell there. For they shall not return, except some fugitives.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:15 - Then all the men who knew that their wives had made offerings to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assembly, all the people who lived in Pathros in the land of Egypt, answered Jeremiah:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:26 - Therefore hear the word of the LORD, all you of Judah who dwell in the land of Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by my great name, says the LORD, that my name shall no more be invoked by the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, ‘As the Lord GOD lives.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:27 - Behold, I am watching over them for disaster and not for good. All the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, until there is an end of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:28 - And those who escape the sword shall return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah, few in number; and all the remnant of Judah, who came to the land of Egypt to live, shall know whose word will stand, mine or theirs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:30 - Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies and into the hand of those who seek his life, as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy and sought his life.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:2 - About Egypt. Concerning the army of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates at Carchemish and which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:8 - Egypt rises like the Nile,
like rivers whose waters surge.
He said, ‘I will rise, I will cover the earth,
I will destroy cities and their inhabitants.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:11 - Go up to Gilead, and take balm,
O virgin daughter of Egypt!
In vain you have used many medicines;
there is no healing for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:13 - The word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:17 - Call the name of Pharaoh, king of Egypt,
‘Noisy one who lets the hour go by.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:19 - Prepare yourselves baggage for exile,
O inhabitants of Egypt!
For Memphis shall become a waste,
a ruin, without inhabitant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:20 - “A beautiful heifer is Egypt,
but a biting fly from the north has come upon her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:24 - The daughter of Egypt shall be put to shame;
she shall be delivered into the hand of a people from the north.”
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