Word Study · Strong's G125 · Greek
Αἴγυπτος
Aigyptos
ah'-ee-goop-tos
Strong's 1890 spelling: Aígyptos
“Ægyptus, the land of the Nile”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Ægyptus, the land of the Nile
Rendered in the KJV as
Egypt.
- 25occurrencesin the New Testament
- 5 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 8inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 25 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 8
- Αἴγυπτον7
- Αἰγύπτου6
- Αἰγύπτῳ4
- Αἴγυπτον,3
- Αἰγύπτου,2
- Αἴγυπτον.¶1
- Αἴγυπτον·1
- Αἴγυπτος,1
How it is rendered · 6
- Egypt13
- of Egypt5
- Egypt,3
- of Egypt,2
- Egypt;1
- Egypt.’1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular12
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular8
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular4
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-ASF-L · 12
- N-GSF-L · 8
- N-DSF-L · 4
- N-NSF-L · 1
All 25, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Acts carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Matthew4 occurrences
- Matthew 2:13Αἴγυπτονaiguptonnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularWhen the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”here: Egypt
- Matthew 2:14Αἴγυπτον,aiguptonnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularSo he got up, took the Child and His mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt,here: Egypt,
- Matthew 2:15Αἰγύπτουaiguptounoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularwhere he stayed until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”here: of Egypt
- Matthew 2:19Αἰγύπτῳaiguptōnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularAfter Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.here: Egypt
Acts15 occurrences
- Acts 2:10Αἴγυπτονaiguptonnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularPhrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome,here: Egypt
- Acts 7:9Αἴγυπτον·aiguptonnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularBecause the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with himhere: Egypt;
- Acts 7:10Αἰγύπτουaiguptounoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularand rescued him from all his troubles. He granted Joseph favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and all his household.here: of Egypt
- Acts 7:10Αἴγυπτονaiguptonnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularand rescued him from all his troubles. He granted Joseph favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and all his household.here: Egypt
- Acts 7:11Αἴγυπτονaiguptonnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularThen famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.here: of Egypt
- Acts 7:12Αἴγυπτονaiguptonnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularWhen Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers on their first visit.here: Egypt
- Acts 7:15Αἴγυπτον,aiguptonnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularSo Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.here: Egypt
- Acts 7:17Αἰγύπτῳaiguptōnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularAs the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number.here: Egypt
- Acts 7:18Αἴγυπτονaiguptonnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularThen another king, who knew nothing of Joseph, arose over Egypt.here: Egypt
- Acts 7:34Αἰγύπτῳaiguptōnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularI have indeed seen the oppression of My people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’here: Egypt
- Acts 7:34Αἴγυπτον.¶aiguptonnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularI have indeed seen the oppression of My people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’here: Egypt.’
- Acts 7:36Αἰγύπτῳaiguptōnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularHe led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.here: Egypt
- Acts 7:39Αἴγυπτον,aiguptonnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularBut our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.here: Egypt,
- Acts 7:40Αἰγύπτου,aiguptounoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularThey said to Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us! As for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’here: of Egypt,
- Acts 13:17Αἰγύπτουaiguptounoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularThe God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land.here: of Egypt
Hebrews4 occurrences
- Hebrews 3:16Αἰγύπτουaiguptounoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularFor who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt?here: Egypt
- Hebrews 8:9Αἰγύπτου,aiguptounoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularIt will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord.here: of Egypt,
- Hebrews 11:26Αἰγύπτουaiguptounoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularHe valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.here: Egypt
- Hebrews 11:27Αἴγυπτονaiguptonnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularBy faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.here: Egypt