noun · masculine
aigialos
Greekαἰγιαλός (aigialos)
Strong’sG123
sea-coast, beach
stem aigial-6 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
αἰγιαλός, -οῦ, ὁ (on the derivation, v. Boisacq, s.v.),
[in LXX: Jg 5:17 (חוֹף), Si 24:14*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G123 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidahee-ghee-al-os'
a beach (on which the waves dash)
Fromfrom ἀΐσσω (to rush) and G251 (in the sense of the sea;
King Jamesshore.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | aigialos | aigialois |
| object accusative | aigialon6×αἰγιαλὸν | aigialoin |
| direct address vocative | aigialor | aigialoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | aigialou | aigialoiu |
| to, for dative | aigialo | aigialoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
aigialo is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
aigialon“shore”objectaccusative singular6×
Matthew 13:2“shore”kai sunagila pros auton ochlois pollois, hōste auton eis ploiem embainaraton katherō, kai pantos tos ochlos epi ton aigialon histanatelē.Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while all the people stood on the shore.
Matthew 13:48“shore”han hote plērita anabibazaratois epi ton aigialon kai kathizaratois sullegala teim kaleim eis angeim, teim de sapreim exō ballala.When it was full, the men pulled it ashore. Then they sat down and sorted the good fish into containers, but threw the bad away.
John 21:4“shore”Prōiau de ēdē gineratau histanata Iēsus eis ton aigialon; ouk mentoi oidalelē tois mathētois hoti Iēsus atō.Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not recognize that it was Jesus.
Acts 21:5“beach”hote de gineta exartizara nin tain hēmerain, exercharatois poreuene propemparōtoiu nin pantoiu sun gunaikai kai teknei heōs exō tau politau, kai titharatois teim gonueim epi ton aigialon proseucheratoisBut when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.
Acts 27:39“beach”Hote de hēmeras gineta, tan gēan ouk epignōskale, kolpon de tinon katanoale echarōton aigialon eis hon bouleuele ei duneloiō exōthara tem ploiem.When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they sighted a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could.
Acts 27:40“beach”kai tain ankurain periairaratois easale eis tan thalassan, hama aniēkaratois tain zeuktēriain teiu pēdalieiu, kai epairaratois ton artemōnon ta pnarōta katechale eis ton aigialon.Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.