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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 48 times in 45 verses in 'Eze' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:26 - You also played the whore with the Egyptians, your lustful neighbors, multiplying your whoring, to provoke me to anger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:15 - But he rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors to Egypt, that they might give him horses and a large army. Will he thrive? Can one escape who does such things? Can he break the covenant and yet escape?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:4 - The nations heard about him;
he was caught in their pit,
and they brought him with hooks
to the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:5 - and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: On the day when I chose Israel, I swore[fn] to the offspring of the house of Jacob, making myself known to them in the land of Egypt; I swore to them, saying, I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:6 - On that day I swore to them that I would bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most glorious of all lands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:7 - And I said to them, ‘Cast away the detestable things your eyes feast on, every one of you, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the LORD your God.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:8 - But they rebelled against me and were not willing to listen to me. None of them cast away the detestable things their eyes feasted on, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. “Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them and spend my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:9 - But I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, in whose sight I made myself known to them in bringing them out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:10 - So I led them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:36

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:36 - As I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you, declares the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:3 - They played the whore in Egypt; they played the whore in their youth; there their breasts were pressed and their virgin bosoms[fn] handled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:8 - She did not give up her whoring that she had begun in Egypt; for in her youth men had lain with her and handled her virgin bosom and poured out their whoring lust upon her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:19 - Yet she increased her whoring, remembering the days of her youth, when she played the whore in the land of Egypt

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:21 - Thus you longed for the lewdness of your youth, when the Egyptians handled your bosom and pressed[fn] your young breasts.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:27 - Thus I will put an end to your lewdness and your whoring begun in the land of Egypt, so that you shall not lift up your eyes to them or remember Egypt anymore.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:7 - Of fine embroidered linen from Egypt
was your sail,
serving as your banner;
blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah
was your awning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:2 - “Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:6 - Then all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD. “Because you[fn] have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:9 - and the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste. Then they will know that I am the LORD. “Because you[fn] said, ‘The Nile is mine, and I made it,’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:10 - therefore, behold, I am against you and against your streams, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border of Cush.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:12 - And I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of desolated countries, and her cities shall be a desolation forty years among cities that are laid waste. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them through the countries.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:19 - Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he shall carry off its wealth[fn] and despoil it and plunder it; and it shall be the wages for his army.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:20 - I have given him the land of Egypt as his payment for which he labored, because they worked for me, declares the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:4 - A sword shall come upon Egypt,
and anguish shall be in Cush,
when the slain fall in Egypt,
and her wealth[fn] is carried away,
and her foundations are torn down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:6 - “Thus says the LORD:
Those who support Egypt shall fall,
and her proud might shall come down;
from Migdol to Syene
they shall fall within her by the sword,
declares the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:8 - Then they will know that I am the LORD,
when I have set fire to Egypt,
and all her helpers are broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:9 - “On that day messengers shall go out from me in ships to terrify the unsuspecting people of Cush, and anguish shall come upon them on the day of Egypt’s doom;[fn] for, behold, it comes!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:11 - He and his people with him, the most ruthless of nations,
shall be brought in to destroy the land,
and they shall draw their swords against Egypt
and fill the land with the slain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:13 - “Thus says the Lord GOD:
“I will destroy the idols
and put an end to the images in Memphis;
there shall no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt;
so I will put fear in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:15 - And I will pour out my wrath on Pelusium,
the stronghold of Egypt,
and cut off the multitude[fn] of Thebes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:16 - And I will set fire to Egypt;
Pelusium shall be in great agony;
Thebes shall be breached,
and Memphis shall face enemies[fn] by day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:18 - At Tehaphnehes the day shall be dark,
when I break there the yoke bars of Egypt,
and her proud might shall come to an end in her;
she shall be covered by a cloud,
and her daughters shall go into captivity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:19 - Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt.
Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:21 - “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and behold, it has not been bound up, to heal it by binding it with a bandage, so that it may become strong to wield the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:22 - Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt and will break his arms, both the strong arm and the one that was broken, and I will make the sword fall from his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:23 - I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them through the countries.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:24 - And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put my sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan before him like a man mortally wounded.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:25 - I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh shall fall. Then they shall know that I am the LORD, when I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he stretches it out against the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:26 - And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:2 - “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude:
“Whom are you like in your greatness?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:2 - “Son of man, raise a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him:
“You consider yourself a lion of the nations,
but you are like a dragon in the seas;
you burst forth in your rivers,
trouble the waters with your feet,
and foul their rivers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:12 - I will cause your multitude to fall by the swords of mighty ones, all of them most ruthless of nations.
“They shall bring to ruin the pride of Egypt,
and all its multitude[fn] shall perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:15 - When I make the land of Egypt desolate,
and when the land is desolate of all that fills it,
when I strike down all who dwell in it,
then they will know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:16 - This is a lamentation that shall be chanted; the daughters of the nations shall chant it; over Egypt, and over all her multitude, shall they chant it, declares the Lord GOD.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:18 - “Son of man, wail over the multitude of Egypt, and send them down, her and the daughters of majestic nations, to the world below, to those who have gone down to the pit:
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