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

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

641 total
  1. Genesis 45:23מִצְרָ֑יִם · of Egypt
    And he sent to his father the following: ten donkeys loaded with the best of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provisions for his father’s journey.
  2. Genesis 45:25מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם · out of Egypt
    So the brothers went up out of Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.
  3. Genesis 45:26מִצְרָ֑יִם · of Egypt
    “Joseph is still alive,” they said, “and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” But Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them.
  4. Genesis 46:3מִצְרַ֔יְמָה · to Egypt
    “I am God,” He said, “the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.
  5. Genesis 46:4מִצְרַ֔יְמָה · you to Egypt
    I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.”
  6. Genesis 46:6מִצְרָ֑יְמָה · to Egypt
    They also took the livestock and possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt.
  7. Genesis 46:7מִצְרָֽיְמָה׃ס · to Egypt
    Jacob took with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons, and his daughters and granddaughters—all his offspring.
  8. Genesis 46:8מִצְרַ֖יְמָה · to Egypt
    Now these are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
  9. Genesis 46:20מִצְרַיִם֒ · of Egypt
    Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
  10. Genesis 46:26מִצְרַ֙יְמָה֙ · to Egypt
    All those belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt—his direct descendants, besides the wives of Jacob’s sons—numbered sixty-six persons.
  11. Genesis 46:27 (2×)בְמִצְרַ֖יִם · in Egypt; מִצְרַ֖יְמָה · to Egypt [were]
    And with the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.
  12. Genesis 47:6מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ · of Egypt
    …the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They may dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know of any talented men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock.”
  13. Genesis 47:11מִצְרַ֔יִם · of Egypt
    So Joseph settled his father and brothers in the land of Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
  14. Genesis 47:13מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ · of Egypt
    There was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt and Canaan had been exhausted by the famine.
  15. Genesis 47:14מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ · of Egypt
    Joseph collected all the money to be found in the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan in exchange for the grain they were buying, and he brought it into Pharaoh’s palace.
  16. Genesis 47:15מִצְרַיִם֮ · of Egypt
    When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? For our funds have run out!”
  17. Genesis 47:20מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ · in Egypt
    So Joseph acquired for Pharaoh all the land in Egypt; the Egyptians, one and all, sold their fields because the famine was so severe upon them. The land became Pharaoh’s,
  18. Genesis 47:21מִצְרַ֖יִם · of Egypt
    …and Joseph reduced the people to servitude from one end of Egypt to the other.
  19. Genesis 47:26מִצְרַ֛יִם · of Egypt
    So Joseph established a law that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh, and it is in effect in the land of Egypt to this day. Only the priests’ land does not belong to Pharaoh.
  20. Genesis 47:27מִצְרַ֖יִם · of Egypt
    Now the Israelites settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and became fruitful and increased greatly in number.
  21. Genesis 47:28מִצְרַ֔יִם · of Egypt
    And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the length of his life was 147 years.
  22. Genesis 47:29בְּמִצְרָֽיִם׃ · in Egypt
    When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,
  23. Genesis 47:30מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם · out of Egypt
    …but when I lie down with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me with them.” Joseph answered, “I will do as you have requested.”
  24. Genesis 48:5 (2×)מִצְרַ֗יִם · in Egypt; מִצְרַ֖יְמָה · [here]
    And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
  25. Genesis 50:7מִצְרָֽיִם׃ · of Egypt
    Then Joseph went to bury his father, and all the servants of Pharaoh accompanied him—the elders of Pharaoh’s household and all the elders of the land of Egypt—
  26. Genesis 50:11לְמִצְרָ֑יִם · by the Egyptians
    When the Canaanites of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn ceremony of mourning by the Egyptians.” Thus the place across the Jordan is called Abel-mizraim.
  27. Genesis 50:14מִצְרַ֙יְמָה֙ · to Egypt
    After Joseph had buried his father, he returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone with him to bury his father.
  28. Genesis 50:22בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם · in Egypt
    Now Joseph and his father’s household remained in Egypt, and Joseph lived to the age of 110.
  29. Genesis 50:26בְּמִצְרָֽיִם׃ · in Egypt
    So Joseph died at the age of 110. And they embalmed his body and placed it in a coffin in Egypt.
  30. Exodus 1:1מִצְרָ֑יְמָה · to Egypt
    These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:
  31. Exodus 1:5בְמִצְרָֽיִם׃ · already in Egypt
    The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.
  32. Exodus 1:8מִצְרָ֑יִם · Egypt
    Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.
  33. Exodus 1:15מִצְרַ֔יִם · of Egypt
    Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
  34. Exodus 1:17מִצְרָ֑יִם · of Egypt
    The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
  35. Exodus 1:18מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ · of Egypt
    So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”
  36. Exodus 2:23מִצְרַ֔יִם · of Egypt
    After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
  37. Exodus 3:7בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם · in Egypt
    The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
  38. Exodus 3:8מִצְרַ֗יִם · of the Egyptians
    I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
  39. Exodus 3:10מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃ · out of Egypt
    Therefore, go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring My people the Israelites out of Egypt.”
  40. Exodus 3:11מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃ · out of Egypt
    But Moses asked God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”
  41. Exodus 3:12מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם · of Egypt
    “I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.”
  42. Exodus 3:16בְּמִצְרָֽיִם׃ · in Egypt
    Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: I have surely attended to you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.
  43. Exodus 3:17מִצְרַיִם֒ · in Egypt
    And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’
  44. Exodus 3:18מִצְרַ֗יִם · of Egypt
    The elders of Israel will listen to what you say, and you must go with them to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’
  45. Exodus 3:19מִצְרַ֖יִם · of Egypt
    But I know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go unless a mighty hand compels him.
  46. Exodus 4:18בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם · in Egypt
    Then Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me return to my brothers in Egypt to see if they are still alive.” “Go in peace,” Jethro replied.
  47. Exodus 4:19מִצְרָ֑יִם · to Egypt
    Now the LORD had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who sought to kill you are dead.”
  48. Exodus 4:20מִצְרָ֑יִם · to Egypt
    So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.