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Egypt names 4 things on this site
- Egypt, a place of Scripture.The land where Joseph rose, where Israel grew into a nation in bondage, where the Passover lamb was slain and the sea opened, and where the child Jesus was hidden until Herod died.
- Egypt, a featured study.A featured study on this subject, with its Scripture, its sources and its figures.
- Egypt, a heading of the topical index.A heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- Egypt No Longer Rules Nations, a messianic prophecy.Egypt would become a lowly kingdom and never again rule over other nations.
Featured studies
9 results- StudyExodus: the Study GuideRedemption's master-type: the four-movement architecture (bondage, deliverance, covenant, dwelling) from the brick-kiln to the glory that filled the tent.
- StudyEgyptA featured study on this subject, with its Scripture, its sources and its figures.
- StudyThe Flight to Egypt — Matthew 2A featured study on this subject, with its Scripture, its sources and its figures.
- StudyThe Fulfillment Formula: Matthew's Ten QuotationsTen times Matthew stops the story to say 'that it might be fulfilled': the sources, the sites, and the three modes of fulfillment.
- StudyThe ExodusPlagues, Passover, sea, and song: the deliverance every later rescue in Scripture is told in the vocabulary of, and the new-exodus echo through Isaiah, Luke, Paul, and Revelation.
Verses
660 results- VersePsalms 105:23Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.
- Verse2 Chronicles 9:28Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from all the lands.
- VerseJeremiah 25:19Pharaoh king of Egypt, his officials, his leaders, and all his people;
- VerseActs 7:15So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.
- VersePsalms 135:8He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, of both man and beast.
People
3 results- PersonJosephThe rejected-then-exalted son — Genesis's great Christ-type; preserver of his family and of Egypt; the bridge into Exodus.
- PersonHagarSarah's Egyptian servant and mother of Ishmael; the first person to name God — “Thou God seest me” (El Roi, 16:13).
- PersonMosesIsrael's deliverer from Egyptian slavery, covenant mediator, and lawgiver.
Places
4 results- PlaceEgyptThe land where Joseph rose, where Israel grew into a nation in bondage, where the Passover lamb was slain and the sea opened, and where the child Jesus was hidden until Herod died.
- PlaceGoshenThe fertile delta region where Jacob's family settles in Egypt (Gen 47).
- PlaceCush (Ethiopia)Kingdom south of Egypt on the upper Nile, addressed among the nations in Zephaniah 2:12; Zephaniah's own lineage runs through a father named Cushi.
- PlaceNo-Amon (Thebes)Thebes, the great southern capital of Egypt sacked by Ashurbanipal in 663 BC, which Nahum held up to Nineveh as the precedent for its own fall.
Manuscripts
3 results- ManuscriptThe Nash PapyrusA scrap of Egyptian papyrus carrying the Ten Commandments and the Shema — the oldest Hebrew Bible text known until the Dead Sea Scrolls turned up.
- ManuscriptThe Crosby–Schøyen CodexOne of the oldest bound books in the world — an Egyptian Christian's reader, in Coptic, with 1 Peter and Jonah inside.
- ManuscriptPapyrus Bodmer III (the Bohairic John)The oldest manuscript of the Coptic dialect that became the Egyptian church's liturgical Bible — a complete Gospel of John from the fourth century.
Events
1 resultWords (Strong's)
- WordH4714 מִצְרַיִם · Mitsrayim (Hebrew)Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt. The Hebrew word stands 641 times in the original text.
- WordG124 Αἰγύπτιος · Aigýptios (Greek)an Ægyptian or inhabitant of Ægyptus. The Greek word stands 5 times in the original text.
- WordG125 Αἴγυπτος · Aígyptos (Greek)Ægyptus, the land of the Nile. The Greek word stands 25 times in the original text.
- WordH4713 מִצְרִי · Mitsrîy (Hebrew)a Mitsrite, or inhabitant of Mitsrajim. The Hebrew word stands 70 times in the original text.
- WordH1657 גֹּשֶׁן · Gôshen (Hebrew)Goshen, the residence of the Israelites in Egypt. The Hebrew word stands 15 times in the original text.
Themes
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2 resultsProphecies
7 results- ProphecyEgypt No Longer Rules NationsEgypt would become a lowly kingdom and never again rule over other nations.
- ProphecyFlight to EgyptGod called his Son out of Egypt, echoing Israel's exodus and establishing Jesus as the true Israel.
- ProphecyEgypt's Permanent DiminishmentEzekiel predicted Egypt would be permanently diminished and that no native Egyptian prince would rule again—a remarkable prediction given Egypt's 2,500+ years of continuous…
- ProphecyEgypt's Desolation for 40 YearsEgypt would experience a 40-year period of desolation.
- ProphecyEgypt's Waters and Agriculture FailureIsaiah predicted the failure of Egypt's Nile-based economy, including fishing, flax production, and weaving industries.
Apologetics
2 results- ApologeticsEzekiel's Prophecy Against Egypt's Permanent DiminishmentEzekiel 29-30 predicts that Egypt would become 'the basest of the kingdoms' and 'never again exalt itself above the nations'—a prediction dramatically fulfilled despite Egypt…
- ApologeticsThe Seventy-Year Babylonian CaptivityJeremiah fixed Judah's exile at seventy years in a dated oracle — the fourth year of Jehoiakim, 605 BC, the year Nebuchadnezzar broke Egypt at Carchemish (Jeremiah 25:1…
Voices
19 results- VoiceAmmonas of EgyptAmmonas was a disciple of Anthony the Great and, after Anthony withdrew to the Inner Mountain by the Red Sea, his successor at Pispir on the Nile. He had already spent fourteen…
- VoiceMacarius of EgyptMacarius was born in Upper Egypt about 300. He worked as a camel driver hauling natron from the salt lakes, which is how he came to know the empty country west of the Nile…
- VoiceAbba PoemenPoemen is the Greek word for shepherd, and the name stuck to him. He was born in Egypt late in the fourth century, one of seven brothers who all left the world together for the…
- VoiceJulius AfricanusSextus Julius Africanus was a man of affairs before he was a scholar. He served in the Roman army, traveled in Egypt and the East, and knew the imperial court well enough to be…
- VoicePalladius of GalatiaPalladius was born in Galatia, in central Asia Minor, about 363 or 364. In 386 he went to Egypt to see the monks, and the rest of his life came out of that decision. He spent…
Apocrypha (study resources)
48 results- Study resource2 Maccabees 5:1About the same time Antiochus prepared his second voyage into Egypt:
- Study resource1 Esdras 1:37The king of Egypt also made king Joacim his brother king of Judea and Jerusalem.
- Study resource2 Esdras 14:29Our fathers at the beginning were strangers in Egypt, from whence they were delivered:
- Study resource1 Maccabees 10:51Afterward Alexander sent ambassadors to Ptolemee king of Egypt with a message to this effect:
- Study resource2 Esdras 16:1Woe be unto thee, Babylon, and Asia! woe be unto thee, Egypt and Syria!
Doorways
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H4714מִצְרַיִם Mitsrayim — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower EgyptG124Αἰγύπτιος Aigýptios — an Ægyptian or inhabitant of ÆgyptusG125Αἴγυπτος Aígyptos — Ægyptus, the land of the NileH4713מִצְרִי Mitsrîy — a Mitsrite, or inhabitant of MitsrajimH1657גֹּשֶׁן Gôshen — Goshen, the residence of the Israelites in EgyptH6547פַּרְעֹה Parʻôh — Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings