מִצְרַ֫יִם

mits.ra.yimEgypt
hebrewOld TestamentName of a place641 occurrences28 books573 verses
This name belongs to 4 different people and places in the Bible:
  • Egypt: Descendant of Ham, ancestor of African peoples
  • Brook of Egypt: Southwestern boundary of the Promised Land
  • Egypt: Ancient nation; Israelites enslaved there; plagues and Exodus
  • Sea of Egypt: Likely the Gulf of Suez, part of the Red Sea

Definition

dual of H4693; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
Traditional renderings: Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.

Glossary entries

Egypt, Egyptian Brook of Egypt Wadi Rahab (Monster) Shihor Sihor

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

641 total
  1. Jeremiah 23:7מִצְרָֽיִם׃ · of Egypt
    So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when they will no longer say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of Egypt.’
  2. Jeremiah 24:8מִצְרָֽיִם׃ · of Egypt
    But like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the LORD, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt.
  3. Jeremiah 25:19מִצְרַ֛יִם · of Egypt
    Pharaoh king of Egypt, his officials, his leaders, and all his people;
  4. Jeremiah 26:21מִצְרָֽיִם׃ · to Egypt
    King Jehoiakim and all his mighty men and officials heard his words, and the king sought to put him to death. But when Uriah found out about it, he fled in fear and went to Egypt.
  5. Jeremiah 26:22 (2×)מִצְרָ֑יִם · to Egypt; מִצְרָֽיִם׃
    Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan son of Achbor along with some other men.
  6. Jeremiah 26:23מִמִּצְרַ֗יִם · out of Egypt
    They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him put to the sword and his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.
  7. Jeremiah 31:32מִצְרָ֑יִם · of Egypt
    It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.
  8. Jeremiah 32:20מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ · of Egypt
    You performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and You do so to this very day, both in Israel and among all mankind. And You have made a name for Yourself, as is the case to this day.
  9. Jeremiah 32:21מִצְרָ֑יִם · of Egypt
    You brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror.
  10. Jeremiah 34:13מִצְרַ֔יִם · of Egypt
    “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I made a covenant with your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, saying:
  11. Jeremiah 37:5מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם · Egypt
    Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.
  12. Jeremiah 37:7מִצְרָֽיִם׃ · of Egypt
    “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt.
  13. Jeremiah 41:17מִצְרָֽיִם׃ · into Egypt
    And they went and stayed in Geruth Chimham, near Bethlehem, in order to proceed into Egypt
  14. Jeremiah 42:14מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ · of Egypt
    …and if you say, ‘No, but we will go to the land of Egypt and live there, where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram’s horn or hunger for bread,’
  15. Jeremiah 42:15מִצְרַ֔יִם · to Egypt
    …then hear the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah! This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you are determined to go to Egypt and reside there,
  16. Jeremiah 42:16 (2×)מִצְרָ֑יִם; מִצְרַ֖יִם · into Egypt
    …then the sword you fear will overtake you there, and the famine you dread will follow on your heels into Egypt, and you will die there.
  17. Jeremiah 42:17מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ · to Egypt
    So all who resolve to go to Egypt to reside there will die by sword and famine and plague. Not one of them will survive or escape the disaster I will bring upon them.’
  18. Jeremiah 42:18מִצְרָ֑יִם · to Egypt
    For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and wrath were poured out on the residents of Jerusalem, so will My wrath be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and disgrace, and you will never see this place again.’
  19. Jeremiah 42:19מִצְרָ֑יִם · to Egypt
    The LORD has told you, O remnant of Judah, ‘Do not go to Egypt.’ Know for sure that I have warned you today!
  20. Jeremiah 43:2מִצְרַ֖יִם · to Egypt
    Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to reside there.’
  21. Jeremiah 43:7מִצְרַ֔יִם · of Egypt
    So they entered the land of Egypt because they did not obey the voice of the LORD, and they went as far as Tahpanhes.
  22. Jeremiah 43:11מִצְרָ֑יִם · of Egypt
    He will come and strike down the land of Egypt, bringing death to those destined for death, captivity to those destined for captivity, and the sword to those destined for the sword.
  23. Jeremiah 43:12 (2×)מִצְרַ֔יִם · of Egypt; מִצְרַ֜יִם · of Egypt
    I will kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and Nebuchadnezzar will burn those temples and take their gods as captives. So he will wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself in his garment, and he will depart from there unscathed.
  24. Jeremiah 43:13 (2×)מִצְרָ֑יִם · of Egypt; מִצְרַ֖יִם · of Egypt
    He will demolish the sacred pillars of the temple of the sun in the land of Egypt, and he will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.’”
  25. Jeremiah 44:1מִצְרָ֑יִם · of Egypt
    This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews living in the land of Egypt—in Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis—and in the land of Pathros:
  26. Jeremiah 44:8מִצְרַ֔יִם · of Egypt
    Why are you provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands by burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to reside? As a result, you will be cut off and will become an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations of the earth.
  27. Jeremiah 44:12 (2×)מִצְרַיִם֮ · of Egypt; מִצְרַ֣יִם
    And I will take away the remnant of Judah who have resolved to go to the land of Egypt to reside there; they will meet their end. They will all fall by the sword or be consumed by famine. From the least to the greatest, they will die by sword or famine; and they will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and reproach.
  28. Jeremiah 44:13מִצְרַ֔יִם · of Egypt
    I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, just as I punished Jerusalem, by sword and famine and plague,
  29. Jeremiah 44:14מִצְרָ֑יִם · in Egypt
    …so that none of the remnant of Judah who have gone to reside in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, where they long to return and live; for none will return except a few fugitives.”
  30. Jeremiah 44:15מִצְרַ֖יִם · of Egypt
    Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, and all the women standing by—a great assembly—along with all the people living in the land of Egypt and in Pathros, said to Jeremiah,
  31. Jeremiah 44:24מִצְרָֽיִם׃ס · of Egypt
    Then Jeremiah said to all the people, including all the women, “Hear the word of the LORD, all those of Judah who are in the land of Egypt.
  32. Jeremiah 44:26 (2×)מִצְרָ֑יִם · in Egypt; מִצְרָֽיִם׃ · of Egypt
    Nevertheless, hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah living in Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by My great name, says the LORD, that never again will any man of Judah living in the land of Egypt invoke My name or say, ‘As surely as the Lord GOD lives.’
  33. Jeremiah 44:27מִצְרַ֛יִם · of Egypt
    I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and every man of Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine, until they are finished off.
  34. Jeremiah 44:28 (2×)מִצְרַ֛יִם · Egypt; מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ · of Egypt
    Those who escape the sword will return from Egypt to Judah, few in number, and the whole remnant of Judah who went to dwell in the land of Egypt will know whose word will stand, Mine or theirs!
  35. Jeremiah 44:30מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ · of Egypt
    This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who seek his life, just as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the enemy who was seeking his life.”
  36. Jeremiah 46:2 (2×)לְמִצְרַ֗יִם · Egypt; מִצְרַ֔יִם · of Egypt
    …concerning Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah:
  37. Jeremiah 46:8מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ · Egypt
    Egypt rises like the Nile, and its waters churn like rivers, boasting, ‘I will rise and cover the earth; I will destroy the cities and their people.’
  38. Jeremiah 46:11מִצְרָ֑יִם · of Egypt
    Go up to Gilead for balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain you try many remedies, but for you there is no healing.
  39. Jeremiah 46:13מִצְרָֽיִם׃ · of Egypt
    This is the word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt:
  40. Jeremiah 46:14בְמִצְרַ֙יִם֙ · in Egypt
    “Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol; proclaim it in Memphis and Tahpanhes: ‘Take your positions and prepare yourself, for the sword devours those around you.’
  41. Jeremiah 46:17מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ · of Egypt
    There they will cry out: ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt was all noise; he has let the appointed time pass him by.’
  42. Jeremiah 46:19מִצְרָ֑יִם · in Egypt
    Pack your bags for exile, O daughter dwelling in Egypt! For Memphis will be laid waste, destroyed and uninhabited.