Strong's Lexicon Mitsrayim: Egypt Original Word: Mitsrayim Word Origin: Derived from the name of a son of Ham, מִצְרַיִם (Mitsrayim), who is traditionally considered the ancestor of the Egyptians. Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: Egypt Usage: Mitsrayim refers to the land of Egypt, a significant nation in the biblical narrative. It is often depicted as a place of both refuge and oppression for the Israelites. Egypt is frequently mentioned in the context of the Israelites' enslavement and subsequent exodus, as well as in various prophecies and historical accounts. Cultural and Historical Background: Egypt, known as Mitsrayim in Hebrew, was one of the most powerful and advanced civilizations of the ancient world. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof uncertain derivation Definition a son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa NASB Translation Egypt (588), Egypt's (2), Egyptian (1), Egyptians (87), Mizraim (4). Brown-Driver-Briggs מִצְרַ֫יִם681 proper name, of a territory and people, feminineExodus 10:7, masculineExodus 12:33, masculine pluralGenesis 41:55 etc. (see below 2), Egypt, Egyptians (Phoenician מצרם; Assyrian Mªƒªr(u), Muƒru, Miƒir, DlPar 308 SchrCOT Glossary KGF 246 ff., Tel Amarna Miƒrî, WklTA 39 * BezBM 152, and Mašrî Wkll.c.; Arabic Cairo, Egypt (Spiro): Minean Miƒru HomA and A. (1892), 125; see EbÄgM 71 ff.; ᵐ5 Αιγυπτος; — derivatives and form dubious; יִַ֯ם usually regarded as dual term. (Upper and Lower Egypt? compare DiGenesis 10:6), but as locative ending EMeyGeschichte. I, § 42 BaNB p. 319 R. 5; JenZA iv (1889), 268 ff. thinks מִצְרַיִם absolute formed by analogy of מַיִם, שָׁמַיִם from Miƒrî (compare Tel Amarna); see further Wklinfra, near the end); — ׳מ Genesis 13:1 +; מִצְרָ֑יִם Genesis 37:36 +; מִצְרַיְמָה Genesis 12:10 12t., מִצְרָ֑יְמָה Genesis 12:11 14t.; — 1. a. of land, Egypt Genesis 13:1 500t., +, in all periods, including ׳אֶרֶץ מ Genesis 13:10 + approximately 220 t. (of course feminine, Genesis 47:6,13); ׳אַדְמַת מ the soil of Egypt Genesis 47:20,26; ׳מֵימֵי מ Exodus 7:19; Exodus 8:2; ׳נְהַר מ Genesis 15:18; ׳יְאֹר מ Amos 8:8; Amos 9:5; ׳יְאֹרֵי מ Isaiah 7:18 (compare מָצוֺר); ׳שִׁיחוֺר מ 1 Chronicles 13:5; לְשׁוֺן ׳יָםמֿ Isaiah 11:15; ׳נַחַל מ Joshua 15:4 6t. (see these various words); land as productive Genesis 45:20; Genesis 49:23, compare ׳שֵׁשׁ בְּרִקְמָה מִמּ Ezekiel 27:7, ׳אֵטוּן מ Proverbs 7:16; often "" בּוּשׁ, especially in prophets and poetry Isaiah 20:3,4,5; Isaiah 45:14; Ezekiel 30:4,9 +; "" אַשּׁוּר Hosea 11:11; Hosea 12:1; Isaiah 7:18; Jeremiah 2:18 +; including Upper Egypt (מַּתְרוֺם), as well as Lower, Jeremiah 44:1, compare Ezekiel 29:10; Ezekiel 30:6; apparently distinguished from Upper Egypt Isaiah 11:11, and possibly also Jeremiah 44:15 (compare Gf Gie Buhl SS CheHpt Isaiah); but פתרוס etc. in these verses somewhat dubious (compare B. Du Gie). b. combinations are:-1׳מ as limit of motion: יָדַד מצרימ(הׅ 2. of people: a. in table of nations, personified as second son of Ham Genesis 10:6 = 1 Chronicles 1:8, compare Genesis 10:13 = 1 Chronicles 1:11. b. = Egypt (as a people), Egyptians Genesis 41:56 + approximately 134 t., including use = Egyptian Kingdom, empire, i.e. land and people as political power; so with verb feminine singular ׳אָֽבְדָה מ Exodus 10:7, compare Hosea 9:6; Joel 4:19 and (pronoun feminine singular) Ezekiel 30:18; with verb masculine singular Exodus 12:33; Exodus 14:25; Isaiah 19:16,23,25; Jeremiah 46:8; often with verb masculine plural Genesis 41:55; Isaiah 19:21,23 22t.; ׳בִּנֵי מ Ezekiel 16:26; ׳בְּתוּלַת בַּת מ Jeremiah 46:11, compare Jeremiah 46:19; Jeremiah 46:24. — In 1 Kings 10:28 2Chronicles 1:16,17; 2 Kings 7:6 WklAlttest. Unters. 171 f. thinks of Assyrian Muƒri in North Syria. (On מִצְרַיִם as often = Muƒri in North Arabia see WklAltor. Unters. i. 24 ff., ii. 195, iii. 289; iv. 337 f; MVG 1898, 1.4). Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt -- Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim. see HEBREW matsowr Englishman's Concordance Genesis 10:6 HEB: חָ֑ם כּ֥וּשׁ וּמִצְרַ֖יִם וּפ֥וּט וּכְנָֽעַן׃ NAS: [were] Cush and Mizraim and Put KJV: Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, INT: of Ham Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan Genesis 10:13 Genesis 12:10 Genesis 12:11 Genesis 12:14 Genesis 13:1 Genesis 13:10 Genesis 15:18 Genesis 21:21 Genesis 25:18 Genesis 26:2 Genesis 37:25 Genesis 37:28 Genesis 37:36 Genesis 39:1 Genesis 40:1 Genesis 40:1 Genesis 40:5 Genesis 41:8 Genesis 41:19 Genesis 41:29 Genesis 41:30 Genesis 41:33 Genesis 41:34 Genesis 41:36 614 Occurrences |