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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 639 times in 573 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 12 (Gen 10:6–Gen 45:26)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:6 - filii autem Ham Chus et Mesraim et Fut et Chanaan

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:13 - at vero Mesraim genuit Ludim et Anamim et Laabim Nepthuim

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:10 - facta est autem fames in terra descenditque Abram in Aegyptum ut peregrinaretur ibi praevaluerat enim fames in terra

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:11 - cumque prope esset ut ingrederetur Aegyptum dixit Sarai uxori suae novi quod pulchra sis mulier

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:14 - cum itaque ingressus esset Abram Aegyptum viderunt Aegyptii mulierem quod esset pulchra nimis

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:1 - ascendit ergo Abram de Aegypto ipse et uxor eius et omnia quae habebat et Loth cum eo ad australem plagam

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:10 - elevatis itaque Loth oculis vidit omnem circa regionem Iordanis quae universa inrigabatur antequam subverteret Dominus Sodomam et Gomorram sicut paradisus Domini et sicut Aegyptus venientibus in Segor

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:18 - in die illo pepigit Dominus cum Abram foedus dicens semini tuo dabo terram hanc a fluvio Aegypti usque ad fluvium magnum flumen Eufraten

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:21 - habitavitque in deserto Pharan et accepit illi mater sua uxorem de terra Aegypti

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:18 - habitavit autem ab Evila usque Sur quae respicit Aegyptum introeuntibus Assyrios coram cunctis fratribus suis obiit

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:2 - apparuitque ei Dominus et ait ne descendas in Aegyptum sed quiesce in terra quam dixero tibi

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:25 - et sedentes ut comederent panem viderunt viatores Ismahelitas venire de Galaad et camelos eorum portare aromata et resinam et stacten in Aegyptum

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:28 - et praetereuntibus Madianitis negotiatoribus extrahentes eum de cisterna vendiderunt Ismahelitis viginti argenteis qui duxerunt eum in Aegyptum

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:36 - Madianei vendiderunt Ioseph in Aegypto Putiphar eunucho Pharaonis magistro militiae

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:1 - igitur Ioseph ductus est in Aegyptum emitque eum Putiphar eunuchus Pharaonis princeps exercitus vir aegyptius de manu Ismahelitarum a quibus perductus erat

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:1 - his ita gestis accidit ut peccarent duo eunuchi pincerna regis Aegypti et pistor domino suo

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:5 - videruntque ambo somnium nocte una iuxta interpretationem congruam sibi

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:8 - et facto mane pavore perterritus misit ad coniectores Aegypti cunctosque sapientes et accersitis narravit somnium nec erat qui interpretaretur

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:19 - et ecce has sequebantur aliae septem boves in tantum deformes et macilentae ut numquam tales in terra Aegypti viderim

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:29 - ecce septem anni venient fertilitatis magnae in universa terra Aegypti

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:30 - quos sequentur septem anni alii tantae sterilitatis ut oblivioni tradatur cuncta retro abundantia consumptura est enim fames omnem terram

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:33 - nunc ergo provideat rex virum sapientem et industrium et praeficiat eum terrae Aegypti

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:34 - qui constituat praepositos per singulas regiones et quintam partem fructuum per septem annos fertilitatis

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:36 - et paretur futurae septem annorum fami quae pressura est Aegyptum et non consumetur terra inopia

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:41 - dicens quoque rursum Pharao ad Ioseph ecce constitui te super universam terram Aegypti

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:43

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:43 - fecitque ascendere super currum suum secundum clamante praecone ut omnes coram eo genuflecterent et praepositum esse scirent universae terrae Aegypti

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:44

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:44 - dixit quoque rex ad Ioseph ego sum Pharao absque tuo imperio non movebit quisquam manum aut pedem in omni terra Aegypti

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:45

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:45 - vertitque nomen illius et vocavit eum lingua aegyptiaca Salvatorem mundi dedit quoque illi uxorem Aseneth filiam Putiphare sacerdotis Heliopoleos egressus itaque Ioseph ad terram Aegypti

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:46

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:46 - triginta autem erat annorum quando stetit in conspectu regis Pharaonis circuivit omnes regiones Aegypti

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:48

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:48 - omnis etiam frugum abundantia in singulis urbibus condita est

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:53

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:53 - igitur transactis septem annis ubertatis qui fuerant in Aegypto

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:54

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:54 - coeperunt venire septem anni inopiae quos praedixerat Ioseph et in universo orbe fames praevaluit in cuncta autem terra Aegypti erat panis

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:55

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:55 - qua esuriente clamavit populus ad Pharaonem alimenta petens quibus ille respondit ite ad Ioseph et quicquid vobis dixerit facite

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:56

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:56 - crescebat autem cotidie fames in omni terra aperuitque Ioseph universa horrea et vendebat Aegyptiis nam et illos oppresserat fames

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:57

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:57 - omnesque provinciae veniebant in Aegyptum ut emerent escas et malum inopiae temperarent

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:1 - audiens autem Iacob quod alimenta venderentur in Aegypto dixit filiis suis quare neglegitis

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:2 - audivi quod triticum venundetur in Aegypto descendite et emite nobis necessaria ut possimus vivere et non consumamur inopia

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:3 - descendentes igitur fratres Ioseph decem ut emerent frumenta in Aegypto

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:2 - consumptisque cibis quos ex Aegypto detulerant dixit Iacob ad filios suos revertimini et emite pauxillum escarum

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:15 - tulerunt ergo viri munera et pecuniam duplicem et Beniamin descenderuntque in Aegyptum et steterunt coram Ioseph

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:4 - ad quos ille clementer accedite inquit ad me et cum accessissent prope ego sum ait Ioseph frater vester quem vendidistis in Aegypto

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:8 - non vestro consilio sed Dei huc voluntate missus sum qui fecit me quasi patrem Pharaonis et dominum universae domus eius ac principem in omni terra Aegypti

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:9 - festinate et ascendite ad patrem meum et dicetis ei haec mandat filius tuus Ioseph Deus me fecit dominum universae terrae Aegypti descende ad me ne moreris

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:13 - nuntiate patri meo universam gloriam meam et cuncta quae vidistis in Aegypto festinate et adducite eum ad me

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:18 - et tollite inde patrem vestrum et cognationem et venite ad me et ego dabo vobis omnia bona Aegypti ut comedatis medullam terrae

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:19 - praecipe etiam ut tollant plaustra de terra Aegypti ad subvectionem parvulorum suorum et coniugum ac dicito tollite patrem vestrum et properate quantocius venientes

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:20 - ne dimittatis quicquam de supellectili vestra quia omnes opes Aegypti vestrae erunt

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:23 - tantundem pecuniae et vestium mittens patri suo addens eis asinos decem qui subveherent ex omnibus divitiis Aegypti et totidem asinas triticum in itinere panesque portantes

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:25 - qui ascendentes ex Aegypto venerunt in terram Chanaan ad patrem suum Iacob

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:26 - et nuntiaverunt ei dicentes Ioseph vivit et ipse dominatur in omni terra Aegypti quo audito quasi de gravi somno evigilans tamen non credebat eis

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