מִצְרַיִם
Mitsrayim · mits-rah'-yim
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
Lexicon
Derivation: dual of H4693 (מָצוֹר);
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to pursue the straight path › the head, the highest › the hand that works › water, chaos, the mighty deep
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to pursue the straight path of the head, the highest of the hand that works of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִצְרַיִם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
641 occurrences · 641 OT · 0 NT · 72 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of egypt348 · 57%
- out of egypt56 · 9%
- into egypt39 · 6%
- in egypt35 · 6%
- of the egyptians22 · 4%
- the egyptians17 · 3%
- egypt17 · 3%
- to egypt14 · 2%
- and the egyptians14 · 2%
- from egypt12 · 2%
- upon egypt6 · 1%
- unto the egyptians4 · 1%
- and mizraim4 · 1%
- for the egyptians4 · 1%
- on egypt3 · 0%
- upon the egyptians3 · 0%
- and egypt2 · 0%
- with him into egypt2 · 0%
- for you in egypt2 · 0%
- of all the egyptians2 · 0%
- and all the egyptians2 · 0%
- against egypt2 · 0%
- which are in egypt2 · 0%
- to the egyptians2 · 0%
- him into egypt1 · 0%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.