Shore
αἰγιαλόςStrong’s G0123aigialos
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Aigialos is the Greek word usually translated “shore”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.”
Meaning
Usually translated “shore”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- shore 5
- a shore 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 3
- Matthew 2
- John 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 13:48Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
- John 21:4But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus.
- Acts 21:5And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.
- Acts 27:39And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.
- Acts 27:40And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
Greek dictionary
αἰγιαλός aigialos · shore
αἰγιαλός, -οῦ, ὁ (on the derivation, see Boisacq, see word), [in LXX: Jdg.5:17 (חוֹף), Sir.24:14 * ;] the sea-shore, beach (cf. Field, Notes, 146; DCG, i, 175 f.; MM, VGT, see word): Mat.13:2,48 Jhn.21:4, Act.21:5 27:39,40.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “shore” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SHORE, noun
The coast or land adjacent to the sea, or to a large lake or river. This word is applied primarily to land contiguous to water; but it extends to the ground near the border of the sea or of a lake, which is covered with water. We also use the word to express the land near the border of the sea or of a great lake, to an indefinite extent; as when we say, a town stands on the shore. We do not apply the word to land contiguous to a small stream. This we call a bank.
All definitions and other forms of “shore”
SHORE, noun
[The popular but corrupt pronunciation of sewer; a pronunciation that should be carefully avoided.]
SHORE, noun
A prop; a butress; something that supports a building or other thing.
SHORE, verb transitive
- To prop; to support by a post or butress; usually withsup; as, to shore up a building.
- To set on shore [Not in use.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.