HebrewH4714Noun

מִצְרַ֫יִם

mits.ra.yim

547Occurrences
H4714Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt

dual of H4693 (מָצוֹר);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ 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"

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

מִצְרַ֫יִם appears 547 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Exodus
120
Genesis
76
Jeremiah
53
Ezk
48
Deuteronomy
41
Isaiah
40
Numbers
28
1 Kings
19

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 1:8BSB

The sons of Ham:Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

Deuteronomy 7:15BSB

And the LORD will remove from you all sickness. He will not lay upon you any of the terrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but He will inflict them on all who hate you.

Exodus 6:27BSB

Moses and Aaron were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt in order to bring the Israelites out of Egypt.

Genesis 45:18BSB

Then bring your father and your families and return to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat from the fat of the land.’

Jeremiah 42:14BSB

and if you say, ‘No, but we will go to the land of Egypt and live there, where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram’s horn or hunger for bread,’

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