noun · feminine
aiguptas
Strong’sG125
Egypt
stem aigupt-25 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Egypt, the country in northeastern Africa, sometimes described as the land of the Nile 2. It is used of the land itself and appears in phrases such as "the land of Egypt" 14.
The word is also used figuratively, applied to Jerusalem to picture it as hostile to God 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Αἴγυπτος, ου, ἡ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G125 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidah'-ee-goop-tos
Ægyptus, the land of the Nile
Fromof uncertain derivation;
King JamesEgypt.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
the river Nile, Refs 8th c.BC+
2 King Aegyptus, Refs 4th c.BC+
II ἡ, Refs 8th c.BC+; Αἴγυπτόνδε to Egypt, Refs
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | aiguptas1×Αἴγυπτος | aiguptais |
| object accusative | aiguptan12×Αἴγυπτον | aiguptain |
| direct address vocative | aiguptar | aiguptair |
| of, belonging to genitive | aiguptau8×Αἰγύπτου | aiguptaiu |
| to, for dative | aigupta4×Αἰγύπτῳ | aiguptai |
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
aigupta 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
25 occurrences, every one of them listed
aiguptas“Egypt”subjectnominative singular1×
Revelation 11:8… megau, hotinas kalotō pneumatikōs Sodomeim kai Aiguptas, hopou kai tos kurios autoiu staurita.… great city — figuratively called Sodom and Egypt — where their Lord was also crucified.
aiguptan“Egypt”objectaccusative singular12×
Matthew 2:13… tan mētēran autou kai fugasōr eis Aiguptan, kai asōr ekei heōs an legameia …… and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you …
Matthew 2:14… mētēran autou nuktau kai anachōrata eis Aiguptan,… mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt,
Acts 2:10Frugian tē kai Pamfulian, Aiguptan kai teim mereim tau Libuau tau …Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near …
Acts 7:9… patriarchois zēlarantois ton Iōsēf apodōela eis Aiguptan; kai ate tos theos meta autou,… sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
Acts 7:10… Aiguptau, kai katastēata auton hēgorōnton epi Aiguptan kai holon ton oikon autou.… Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and all his household.
Acts 7:11erchata de limos epi holan tan Aiguptan kai Chanaan kai thlipsias megas, kai …… famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could …
Acts 7:12akouarantos de Iakōb arōnteim sitieim eis Aiguptan exapostelata toin patroin nu prōtem;… heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers on their …
Acts 7:15kai katabainata Iakōb eis Aiguptan. kai teleutata autos kai tois patrois …So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.
Acts 7:18achri hou anastēata basilevos heteros epi Aiguptan, hos ouk oidatelē ton Iōsēf.… knew nothing of Joseph, arose over Egypt.
Acts 7:34… kai nun deuro apostelameia sin eis Aiguptan.… I will send you back to Egypt.’
Acts 7:39… strefila en tai kardiai autoiu eis Aiguptan,… in their hearts turned back to Egypt.
Hebrews 11:27pistia kataleipata Aiguptan, mē fobirantos ton thumon tou basilevou, …By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he …
aiguptau“Egypt”of, belonging togenitive singular8×
Matthew 2:15… kuriou dia tou profētou legarōntou; Ek Aiguptau kalama ton huion mu.… spoken through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”
Acts 7:10… charitan kai sofian enantion Faraō basilevou Aiguptau, kai katastēata auton hēgorōnton epi Aiguptan …… the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt …
Acts 7:40… houtos, hos exagata nin ek gēau Aiguptau, ouk oidanē tinem geneta auto.… us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has …
Acts 13:17… hupsata en ta paroikia en gēa Aiguptau, kai meta brachionou hupsēlou exagata autoin …… great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He …
Hebrews 3:16… alla ouk pantois tois exercharantois ek Aiguptau dia Mōusou?… all those Moses led out of Egypt?
Hebrews 8:9… cheirau autoiu exagara autoin ek gēau Aiguptau, hoti autois ouk emmenala en ta …… them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by …
Hebrews 11:26megoteron plouton hēgerantos toiu Aiguptau thēsauroiu ton oneidismon tou Christou, apoblepate …… for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to …
Jude 1:5… panteim, hoti Iēsus laon ek gēau Aiguptau sōzarantos tem deuterem toin mē pisteuarantoin …… people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not …
aigupta“Egypt”to, fordative singular4×
Matthew 2:19… fanotō kata onarem to Iōsēf en Aigupta… in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.
Acts 7:17… auxanata tos laos kai plēthunita en Aigupta,… promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number.
Acts 7:34… kakōsian tou laou mu tou en Aigupta, kai tou stenagmou autou akouama, kai …… the oppression of My people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and …
Acts 7:36… poiarantos terateim kai sēmeim en gēa Aigupta kai en Eruthra Thalassa kai en …… and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for …