Αἴγυπτος Aiguptos
Greek word for “Egypt” · Strong’s G125 · used 25 times in 23 verses
Meaning
Αἴγυπτος, ου, ἡ; Egypt:, 7:9-39, 11:26,27; γῆ Αἴ., 13:17, Ju 5 (cf., al.); ἡ Αἴ.; figuratively, of Jerusalem as hostile to God.†;
How it is translated
Glosses given for Aiguptos in context, with how often each is used:
- egypt 24
- egypt.’ 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acts | 15 | 0.8 | |
| Matthew | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Hebrews | 4 | 0.8 | |
| Jude | 1 | 2.2 | |
| Revelation | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Acts 7 (11), Matthew 2 (4), Hebrews 11 (2), Acts 2 (1), Acts 13 (1), Hebrews 3 (1), Hebrews 8 (1), Jude 1 (1), Revelation 11 (1)
Forms
- Αἴγυπτον 12
- Αἰγύπτου 8
- Αἰγύπτῳ 4
- Αἴγυπτος 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with Aiguptos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- ἐξάγω exagō “to lead out” 4
- Ἰωσήφ Iōsēph “Joseph” 4
- πατήρ patēr “father” 6
- γῆ gē “earth” 5
- λαός laos “a people” 4
- Ἡρώδης Hērōdēs “Herod” 3
- ὄναρ onar “dream” 2
- ἐξαιρέω exaireō “to take out/select” 2
- τελευτάω teleutaō “to decease” 2
- βασιλεύς basileus “king” 3
- ἀναχωρέω anachōreō “to leave” 2
- κατά kata “according to” 4
Key verses
The verses using Aiguptos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Matthew 2:13 — And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee…
- Acts 2:10 — Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
- Acts 7:9 — And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
- Acts 7:10 — And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all…
- Acts 7:34 — I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will…
- Acts 7:36 — He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
- Acts 13:17 — The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he…
- Hebrews 8:9 — Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they…
- Hebrews 11:26 — Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
- Hebrews 11:27 — By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
- Jude 1:5 — I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed…
- Revelation 11:8 — And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.