Word

Αἰγύπτιος

Aigýptios · G124 · Greek · 5 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. Egyptian

    (Derivative of Αἴγυπτος ‘Egypt,’) Pertaining to Egypt

    Examples

    Acts 7:22 “Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was proficient in speaking and action.

  2. an Egyptian

    (Derivative of Αἴγυπτος ‘Egypt,’) A person who is a native of Egypt

    Examples

    Acts 7:24 “And when he saw one of them being treated unjustly, he defended and took vengeance for the oppressed man by fatally striking the Egyptian.

    Acts 7:28 ‘YOU DO NOT INTEND TO KILL ME AS YOU KILLED THE EGYPTIAN YESTERDAY, DO YOU?’

    Acts 21:38 “Then you are not the Egyptian who some time ago stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand men of the Assassins out into the wilderness?”

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 2 groups

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 2 words
מִצְרַיִם Mitsrayim · H4714 · Mizraim, Egypt
Both terms denote an inhabitant or native of Egypt. The Greek Αἰγύπτιος and the Hebrew מִצְרַיִם (in its gentile usage) refer to the same ethnic or national identity and correspond directly to each other.
מִצְרִי Mitsrîy · H4713 · Egyptian
Both terms denote an inhabitant or native of Egypt as a gentilics/demonym, with מִצְרִי (Mitsrîy, H4713) serving as the standard Hebrew designation and Αἰγύπτιος (Aigýptios, G124) as its Greek equivalent in LXX translation contexts.
Semantic domains 2 entries
Egyptian93.396
This gentilic identifies the people of Egypt collectively, as in Acts 7:22's statement that Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians.
An Egyptian93.397
The same gentilic also identifies a specific individual Egyptian, as in Acts 21:38's question of whether Paul was the Egyptian who had stirred up a revolt and led four thousand men into the wilderness.
Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon a gentile adjective, Egyptian: Acts 7:22, Acts 7:24, Acts 7:28; Acts 21:38; Heb 11:29.
a gentile adjective, Egyptian: Acts 7:22, Acts 7:24, Acts 7:28; Acts 21:38; Heb 11:29.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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