Lexical Summary Aigyptos: Egypt, the land of the Nile Original Word: ΑἴγυπτοςTransliteration: Aigyptos Phonetic Spelling: (ah'-ee-goop-tos) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: Egypt, the land of the Nile Meaning: Egypt -- the land of the Nile Strong's Concordance The land of the Nile, Egypt. Of uncertain derivation -- ?Gyptus, the land of the Nile -- Egypt. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 125: ΑἴγυπτοςΑἴγυπτος, , ἡ (always without the article, Buttmann, 87 (76); Winers Grammar, § 18, 5 a.), the proper name of a well-known country, Egypt: Matthew 2:13; Acts 2:10; Hebrews 3:16, etc.; more fully γῆ Αἴγυπτος, Acts 7:36 (not L WH Tr text), Acts 7:40; Acts 13:17; Hebrews 8:9; Jude 1:5 (Exodus 5:12; Exodus 6:26, etc.; 1 Macc. 1:19; Baruch 1:19f, etc.); ἡ γῆ Αἴγυπτος, Acts 7:11; ἐν Αἰγύπτου namely, γῆ, Hebrews 11:26 Lachmann, but cf. Bleek at the passage; Buttmann, 171 (149); (Winer's Grammar, 384 (359)). In Revelation 11:8 Αἴγυπτος is figuratively used for Jerusalem, i. e. for the Jewish nation viewed as persecuting Christ and his followers, and so to be likened to the Egyptians in their ancient hostility to the true God and their endeavors to crush his people. |
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