Strong H47144 sensesמִצְרַ֫יִם

Meaning of the name

The 4 senses of Strong H4714

The lexicon tells 4 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H4714 appears in 602 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

1. EgyptH4714GAncient nation; Israelites enslaved there; plagues and Exodus562 verses · 28 books
2. (Brook of) EgyptH4714JCombined with shi.chor (שִׁיחוֹר "Shihor" H7883)6 verses · 5 books
3. EgyptH4714HDescendant of Ham, ancestor of African peoples4 verses · Genesis, 1 Chronicles
4. (Sea of) EgyptH4714ILikely the Gulf of Suez, part of the Red Sea1 verse · Isaiah

General definition

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

• egypt532
• egyptians78
• mizraim4
• egyptian2
• behold1
• pray1
• should1
• thereof1
• thing1

First verses

1. Genesis 10:6
   And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
2. Genesis 10:13
   And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
3. Genesis 12:10
   And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
4. Genesis 12:11
   And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
5. Genesis 12:14
   And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
6. Genesis 13:1
   And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
7. Genesis 13:10
   And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
8. Genesis 15:18
   In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
9. Genesis 21:21
   And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
10. Genesis 25:18
    And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
11. Genesis 26:2
    And the Lord appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
12. Genesis 37:25
    And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
13. Genesis 37:28
    Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
14. Genesis 37:36
    And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard.
15. Genesis 39:1
    And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.
16. Genesis 40:1
    And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.
17. Genesis 40:5
    And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.
18. Genesis 41:8
    And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
19. Genesis 41:19
    And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
20. Genesis 41:29
    Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: