123. aigialos
Strong's Lexicon
aigialos: Shore, beach, coast

Original Word: αἰγιαλός
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: aigialos
Pronunciation: ahee-ghee-al-os'
Phonetic Spelling: (ahee-ghee-al-os')
Definition: Shore, beach, coast
Meaning: sea-coast, (sandy) beach; shore (of sea or lake), land.

Word Origin: Derived from the root word αἴξ (aix), meaning "goat," possibly referring to the rocky or rugged nature of a shoreline.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "aigialos," the concept of a shoreline or coast can be related to Hebrew words like חוֹף (chof), meaning "shore" or "coast."

Usage: The term "aigialos" refers to the area where the land meets the sea, typically a beach or shoreline. It is used in the New Testament to describe the physical location where water and land converge, often in the context of Jesus' ministry or the travels of the apostles.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the ancient Mediterranean world, the shoreline was a significant geographical feature. It was a place of commerce, travel, and daily life. Fishing, a common occupation in biblical times, was often conducted from the shore. The shoreline also served as a boundary and a place of transition, both physically and metaphorically, in biblical narratives.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from aix (a wave)
Definition
the seashore
NASB Translation
beach (6).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 123: αἰγιαλός

αἰγιαλός, (οῦ, , the shore of the sea, beach, (from Homer down): Matthew 13:2, 48; John 21:4; Acts 21:5; Acts 27:39, 40. (Many derive the word from ἄγνυμι and ἅλς, as though equivalent to ἀκτή, the place where the sea breaks; others from αἶγες billows and ἅλς (Curtius, § 140; Vanicek, p. 83); others from ἀΐσσω and ἅλς (Schenkl, Liddell and Scott, under the word), the place where the sea rushes forth, bounds forward).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
shore.

From aisso (to rush) and hals (in the sense of the sea; a beach (on which the waves dash) -- shore.

see GREEK hals

Forms and Transliterations
αιγιαλον αιγιαλόν αἰγιαλόν αἰγιαλὸν aigialon aigialón aigialòn
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 13:2 N-AMS
GRK: ἐπὶ τὸν αἰγιαλὸν εἱστήκει
NAS: crowd was standing on the beach.
KJV: stood on the shore.
INT: on the shore stood

Matthew 13:48 N-AMS
GRK: ἐπὶ τὸν αἰγιαλὸν καὶ καθίσαντες
NAS: they drew it up on the beach; and they sat down
KJV: they drew to shore, and sat down,
INT: on the shore and having sat down

John 21:4 N-AMS
GRK: εἰς τὸν αἰγιαλόν οὐ μέντοι
NAS: stood on the beach; yet
KJV: stood on the shore: but the disciples
INT: on the shore not however

Acts 21:5 N-AMS
GRK: ἐπὶ τὸν αἰγιαλὸν προσευξάμενοι
NAS: down on the beach and praying,
KJV: on the shore, and prayed.
INT: on the shore having prayed

Acts 27:39 N-AMS
GRK: κατενόουν ἔχοντα αἰγιαλὸν εἰς ὃν
NAS: a bay with a beach, and they resolved
KJV: creek with a shore, into the which
INT: they noticed having a shore on which

Acts 27:40 N-AMS
GRK: εἰς τὸν αἰγιαλόν
NAS: they were heading for the beach.
KJV: and made toward shore.
INT: for the shore

Strong's Greek 123
6 Occurrences


αἰγιαλὸν — 6 Occ.

















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