αἰγιαλός
aigialos
“shore”
Definition
a beach (on which the waves dash)
from (to rush) and G251 (ἅλς) (in the sense of the sea;
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
G:N-M
Greek Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
αἰγιαλός appears 6 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.
When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they sighted a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.
Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.
Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not recognize that it was Jesus.
Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while all the people stood on the shore.
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