Strong G123αἰγιαλός
shore
- Transliteration
- aigialos
- Pronunciation
- ahee-ghee-al-os'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From ἀΐ́σσω aissō (to rush) and G251 (in the sense of the sea); a beach (on which the waves dash): - shore.
Detailed definition
αἰγιαλός, -οῦ, ὁ (on the derivation, see Boisacq, see word),
[in LXX: Jdg.5:17 (חוֹף), Sir.24:14 *;]
the sea-shore, beach (cf. Field, Notes, 146; DCG, i, 175 f.; MM, VGT, see word): Mat.13:2,48 Jhn.21:4, Act.21:5 27:39,40.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Jdg.5:17 (חוֹף), Sir.24:14 *;]
the sea-shore, beach (cf. Field, Notes, 146; DCG, i, 175 f.; MM, VGT, see word): Mat.13:2,48 Jhn.21:4, Act.21:5 27:39,40.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G123 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- shore6
First verses
- Matthew 13:2And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
- Matthew 13:48Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
- John 21:4But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus.
- Acts 21:5And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.
- Acts 27:39And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.
- Acts 27:40And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
αἰγιᾰλός, ὁ,
sea-shore, beach, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.422, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.385, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.50, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.7 (_plural_), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.4.4, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 7.13.8 (_plural_), etc.)]; distinguished from ἀκτή, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 547a10; also in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus (Lyric poetry), “IT” 425, “IA” 210)]; αἰγιαλὸν ἔνδον τρέφει a whole beach of voting-pelbles, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 110: proverbial, αἰγιαλῷ λαλεῖς)], of deaf persons, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus, 2nd c.AD: Zenobius Paroemiographus 1.38. (Prob. connected with αἰγίς II, αἴξ IV.))]
sea-shore, beach, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.422, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.385, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.50, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.7 (_plural_), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.4.4, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 7.13.8 (_plural_), etc.)]; distinguished from ἀκτή, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 547a10; also in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus (Lyric poetry), “IT” 425, “IA” 210)]; αἰγιαλὸν ἔνδον τρέφει a whole beach of voting-pelbles, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 110: proverbial, αἰγιαλῷ λαλεῖς)], of deaf persons, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus, 2nd c.AD: Zenobius Paroemiographus 1.38. (Prob. connected with αἰγίς II, αἴξ IV.))]