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(Sea of) Egypt

מִצְרַ֫יִםStrong’s H4714

mitsrayim (mits-ra-yim)

Appears in 573 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Mitsrayim is the Hebrew word usually translated “egypt”, “from egypt” and “egypt towards”. It appears in 573 verses of the Old Testament.

“And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.”
Daniel 9:15 KJV
Meaning
  1. "Matsor", a name for Egypt
  2. A country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows
  3. The inhabitants or natives of Egypt
  4. The inhabitants or natives of Egypt
  5. § Egypt = "land of the Copts"
How it's translated
  • egypt 441
  • from egypt 89
  • in egypt 46
  • egypt towards 26
  • to egypt 7
  • on egypt 6
  • and egypt 6
  • and mizraim 4

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Exodus 128
  • Genesis 76
  • Jeremiah 54
  • Ezekiel 48
  • Deuteronomy 47
  • Isaiah 40

28 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
All 573 verses, by book
2 Samuel 2
7:67:23
1 Chronicles 4
1:81:1113:517:21
Nehemiah 2
9:99:18
Proverbs 1
7:16
Lamentations 1
5:6
Joel 1
3:19
Micah 2
6:47:15
Nahum 1
3:9
Haggai 1
2:5
Hebrew dictionary

מָצוֹר matsor · Egypt

"Matsor", a name for Egypt Another spelling of mits.ra.yim (מִצְרַ֫יִם "Egypt" H4714G) This name means siege, entrenchment

מִצְרַ֫יִם mitsrayim · Egypt

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.6; son of: Ham (H2526); brother of: Canaan (H3667), Cush (H3568) and Put (H6316); father of: Ludim (H3866), Anamim (H6047), Lehabim (H3853), Naphtuhim (H5320), Pathrusim (H6625), Casluhim (H3695) and Caphtorim (H3732) § Egypt = "land of the Copts" 1) a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows Egyptians = "double straits" adj 2) the inhabitants or natives of Egypt

מִצְרַ֫יִם mitsrayim · (Sea of) Egypt

§ Egypt = "land of the Copts" a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows Egyptians = "double straits" adj 2) the inhabitants or natives of Egypt

מִצְרַ֫יִם mitsrayim · Egypt

§ Egypt = "land of the Copts" a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows Egyptians = "double straits"

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.