Word Study · Strong's H4713 · Hebrew
מִצְרִי
Mitsri
mits-ree'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Mitsrîy
“a Mitsrite, or inhabitant of Mitsrajim”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a Mitsrite, or inhabitant of Mitsrajim
Rendered in the KJV as
Egyptian, of Egypt.
- 70occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 11 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 34inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 70 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 34
- מִצְרַ֔יִם9
- מִצְרַ֙יִם֙6
- מִצְרַ֖יִם6
- מִצְרִ֔י5
- מִצְרָ֑יִם4
- מִצְרָֽיִם׃4
- הַמִּצְרִ֔י3
- מִצְרַ֜יִם3
- הַמִּצְרִ֖י2
- הַמִּצְרִ֗ים2
- הַמִּצְרִ֛ית2
- מִצְרַ֛יִם2
and 22 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 9
- Egypt38
- the Egyptian13
- Egyptian8
- the Egyptians5
- an Egyptian2
- and Egypt1
- and for the Egyptians1
- the Egyptian[s]1
- to Egypt1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 10
- proper noun (a name)38
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)10
- gentilic noun (a people)9
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)5
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)3
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + gentilic noun (a people)1
- gentilic noun (a people)1
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 38
- HTd/Ngmsa · 10
- HNgmsa · 9
- HTd/Ngmpa · 5
- HTd/Ngfsa · 3
- HC/Npl · 1
- HC/Rd/Ngmpa · 1
- HNgfsa · 1
- HR/Npl · 1
- HTd/Ngfpa · 1
All 70, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Exodus31 of 70 · 44%
- Genesis18 of 70 · 26%
- Numbers4 of 70 · 6%
- 1 Chronicles4 of 70 · 6%
- 1 Samuel3 of 70 · 4%
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Genesis18 occurrences
- Genesis 12:12הַמִּצְרִ֔יםhamitzrimthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live.here: the Egyptians
- Genesis 12:14הַמִּצְרִים֙hamitzrimthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.here: the Egyptians
- Genesis 16:1מִצְרִ֖יתmitzritgentilic noun (a people)Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.here: Egyptian
- Genesis 16:3הַמִּצְרִית֙hamitzritthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)So after he had lived in Canaan for ten years, his wife Sarai took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to Abram to be his wife.here: the Egyptian
- Genesis 21:9הַמִּצְרִ֛יתhamitzritthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,here: the Egyptian
- Genesis 25:12הַמִּצְרִ֛יתhamitzritthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.here: the Egyptian
- Genesis 39:1מִצְרִ֔יmitzrigentilic noun (a people)Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.here: an Egyptian
- Genesis 39:2הַמִּצְרִֽי׃hamitzrithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.here: the Egyptian
- Genesis 39:5הַמִּצְרִ֖יhamitzrithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)From the time that he put Joseph in charge of his household and all he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s household on account of him. The LORD’s blessing was on everything he owned, both in his house and in his field.here: the Egyptian
- Genesis 41:55מִצְרַ֙יִם֙mitzrayimproper noun (a name)When extreme hunger came to all the land of Egypt and the people cried out to Pharaoh for food, he told all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”here: Egypt
- Genesis 43:32וְלַמִּצְרִ֞יםvelamitzrimconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + gentilic noun (a people)They separately served Joseph, his brothers, and the Egyptians. They ate separately because the Egyptians would not eat with the Hebrews, since that was detestable to them.here: and for the Egyptians
- Genesis 43:32הַמִּצְרִ֗יםhamitzrimthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)They separately served Joseph, his brothers, and the Egyptians. They ate separately because the Egyptians would not eat with the Hebrews, since that was detestable to them.here: the Egyptians
- Genesis 43:32לְמִצְרָֽיִם׃lemitzrayimpreposition + proper noun (a name)They separately served Joseph, his brothers, and the Egyptians. They ate separately because the Egyptians would not eat with the Hebrews, since that was detestable to them.here: to Egypt
- Genesis 45:2מִצְרַ֔יִםmitzrayimproper noun (a name)But he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household soon heard of it.here: Egypt
- Genesis 46:34מִצְרַ֖יִםmitzrayimproper noun (a name)you are to say, ‘Your servants have raised livestock ever since our youth—both we and our fathers.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.”here: Egypt
- Genesis 47:15מִצְרַ֨יִםmitzrayimproper noun (a name)When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? For our funds have run out!”here: Egypt
- Genesis 47:20מִצְרַ֙יִם֙mitzrayimproper noun (a name)So Joseph acquired for Pharaoh all the land in Egypt; the Egyptians, one and all, sold their fields because the famine was so severe upon them. The land became Pharaoh’s,here: Egypt
- Genesis 50:3מִצְרַ֖יִםmitzrayimproper noun (a name)taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.here: Egypt
Exodus31 occurrences
- Exodus 1:13מִצְרַ֛יִםmitzrayimproper noun (a name)They worked the Israelites ruthlesslyhere: Egypt
- Exodus 1:19הַמִּצְרִיֹּ֖תhamitzriyotthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives.”here: the Egyptian
- Exodus 2:11מִצְרִ֔יmitzrigentilic noun (a people)One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people and observed their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.here: Egyptian
- Exodus 2:12הַמִּצְרִ֔יhamitzrithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)After looking this way and that and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.here: the Egyptian
- Exodus 2:14הַמִּצְרִ֑יhamitzrithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done has surely become known.”here: the Egyptian
- Exodus 2:19מִצְרִ֔יmitzrigentilic noun (a people)“An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds,” they replied. “He even drew water for us and watered the flock.”here: Egyptian
- Exodus 3:9מִצְרַ֖יִםmitzrayimproper noun (a name)And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them.here: Egypt
- Exodus 3:20מִצְרַ֔יִםmitzrayimproper noun (a name)So I will stretch out My hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders I will perform among them. And after that, he will release you.here: Egypt
- Exodus 3:21מִצְרָ֑יִםmitzrayimproper noun (a name)And I will grant this people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that when you leave, you will not go away empty-handed.here: Egypt
- Exodus 3:22מִצְרָֽיִם׃mitzrayimproper noun (a name)Every woman shall ask her neighbor and any woman staying in her house for silver and gold jewelry and clothing, and you will put them on your sons and daughters. So you will plunder the Egyptians.”here: Egypt
- Exodus 7:5מִצְרַ֙יִם֙mitzrayimproper noun (a name)And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.”here: Egypt
- Exodus 7:18מִצְרַ֔יִםmitzrayimproper noun (a name)The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink its water.’”here: Egypt
- Exodus 7:21מִצְרַ֔יִםmitzrayimproper noun (a name)The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. And there was blood throughout the land of Egypt.here: Egypt
- Exodus 7:24מִצְרַ֛יִםmitzrayimproper noun (a name)So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, because they could not drink the water from the river.here: Egypt
- Exodus 8:21מִצְרַ֙יִם֙mitzrayimproper noun (a name)But if you will not let My people go, I will send swarms of flies upon you and your officials and your people and your houses. The houses of the Egyptians and even the ground where they stand will be full of flies.here: Egypt
- Exodus 9:6מִצְרָ֑יִםmitzrayimproper noun (a name)And the next day the LORD did just that. All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died.here: Egypt
- Exodus 9:11מִצְרָֽיִם׃mitzrayimproper noun (a name)The magicians could not stand before Moses, because the boils had broken out on them and on all the Egyptians.here: Egypt
- Exodus 10:6מִצְרַיִם֒mitzrayimproper noun (a name)They will fill your houses and the houses of all your officials and every Egyptian—something neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen since the day they came into this land.’” Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh’s presence.here: Egypt
- Exodus 11:3מִצְרָ֑יִםmitzrayimproper noun (a name)And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, Moses himself was highly regarded in Egypt by Pharaoh’s officials and by the people.here: Egypt
- Exodus 14:4מִצְרַ֖יִםmitzrayimproper noun (a name)And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart so that he will pursue them. But I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” So this is what the Israelites did.here: Egypt
- Exodus 14:9מִצְרַ֜יִםmitzrayimproper noun (a name)The Egyptians—all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, horsemen and troops—pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon.here: Egypt
- Exodus 14:10מִצְרַ֣יִם׀mitzrayimproper noun (a name)As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up and saw the Egyptians marching after them, and they were terrified and cried out to the LORD.here: Egypt
- Exodus 14:12מִצְרָ֑יִםmitzrayimproper noun (a name)Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”here: Egypt
- Exodus 14:12מִצְרַ֔יִםmitzrayimproper noun (a name)Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”here: Egypt
- Exodus 14:13מִצְרַ֙יִם֙mitzrayimproper noun (a name)But Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again.here: Egypt
- Exodus 14:17מִצְרַ֔יִםmitzrayimproper noun (a name)And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. Then I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army and chariots and horsemen.here: Egypt
- Exodus 14:18מִצְרַ֖יִםmitzrayimproper noun (a name)The Egyptians will know that I am the LORD when I am honored through Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”here: Egypt
- Exodus 14:23מִצְרַ֙יִם֙mitzrayimproper noun (a name)And the Egyptians chased after them—all Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen—and followed them into the sea.here: Egypt
- Exodus 14:24מִצְרַ֔יִםmitzrayimproper noun (a name)At morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into confusion.here: Egypt
- Exodus 14:24מִצְרָֽיִם׃mitzrayimproper noun (a name)At morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into confusion.here: Egypt
- Exodus 32:12מִצְרַ֜יִםmitzrayimproper noun (a name)Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people.here: Egypt
Numbers4 occurrences
- Numbers 14:13מִצְרַ֔יִםmitzrayimproper noun (a name)But Moses said to the LORD, “The Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought this people from among them.here: Egypt
- Numbers 20:15מִצְרַ֖יִםmitzrayimproper noun (a name)how our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers,here: Egypt
- Numbers 33:3מִצְרָֽיִם׃mitzrayimproper noun (a name)On the fifteenth day of the first month, on the day after the Passover, the Israelites set out from Rameses. They marched out defiantly in full view of all the Egyptians,here: Egypt
- Numbers 33:4וּמִצְרַ֣יִםumitzrayimconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)who were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had struck down among them; for the LORD had executed judgment against their gods.here: and Egypt
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 23:7מִצְרִ֔יmitzrigentilic noun (a people)Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.here: an Egyptian
- Deuteronomy 26:6הַמִּצְרִ֖יםhamitzrimthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)But the Egyptians mistreated us and afflicted us, putting us to hard labor.here: the Egyptians
Joshua2 occurrences
- Joshua 24:6מִצְרַ֜יִםmitzrayimproper noun (a name)When I brought your fathers out of Egypt and you reached the Red Sea, the Egyptians pursued them with chariots and horsemen as far as the Red Sea.here: Egypt
- Joshua 24:7הַמִּצְרִ֗יםhamitzrimthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)So your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them. Your very eyes saw what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.here: the Egyptians
1 Samuel3 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 6:6מִצְרַ֥יִםmitzrayimproper noun (a name)Why harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs? When He afflicted them, did they not send the people on their way as they departed?here: Egypt
- 1 Samuel 30:11מִצְרִי֙mitzrigentilic noun (a people)Now his men found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David. They gave the man water to drink and food to eat—here: Egyptian
- 1 Samuel 30:13מִצְרִ֣יmitzrigentilic noun (a people)Then David asked him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” “I am an Egyptian,” he replied, “the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me three days ago when I fell ill.here: Egyptian
2 Samuel3 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 23:21מִצְרִ֜יmitzrigentilic noun (a people)He also killed an Egyptian, a huge man. Although the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club, snatched the spear from his hand, and killed the Egyptian with his own spear.here: Egyptian
- 2 Samuel 23:21הַמִּצְרִי֙hamitzrithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)He also killed an Egyptian, a huge man. Although the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club, snatched the spear from his hand, and killed the Egyptian with his own spear.here: the Egyptian
- 2 Samuel 23:21הַמִּצְרִ֔יhamitzrithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)He also killed an Egyptian, a huge man. Although the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club, snatched the spear from his hand, and killed the Egyptian with his own spear.here: the Egyptian
1 Chronicles4 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 2:34מִצְרִ֖יmitzrigentilic noun (a people)Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters; but he did have an Egyptian servant named Jarha.here: Egyptian
- 1 Chronicles 11:23הַמִּצְרִ֜יhamitzrithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)He also killed an Egyptian, a huge man five cubits tall. Although the Egyptian had a spear like a weaver’s beam in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club, snatched the spear from his hand, and killed the Egyptian with his own spear.here: the Egyptian
- 1 Chronicles 11:23הַמִּצְרִ֤יhamitzrithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)He also killed an Egyptian, a huge man five cubits tall. Although the Egyptian had a spear like a weaver’s beam in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club, snatched the spear from his hand, and killed the Egyptian with his own spear.here: the Egyptian
- 1 Chronicles 11:23הַמִּצְרִ֔יhamitzrithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)He also killed an Egyptian, a huge man five cubits tall. Although the Egyptian had a spear like a weaver’s beam in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club, snatched the spear from his hand, and killed the Egyptian with his own spear.here: the Egyptian