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EGYPTIAN KINGS (LATER)

See PHARAOH; HOPHRA; NECO; SHISHAK; EGYPT, III.

EGYPTIAN, THE

e-jip'-shan (ho Aiguptios):

Mentioned in Acts 21:38, by Claudius Lysias as having "before these days stirred up to sedition and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the ASSASSINS" (which see). Reference to this Egyptian and to the suppression of his rebellion by the procurator Felix is likewise found in Josephus (Ant., XX, viii, 6; BJ, II, xiii, 5).

EGYPTIAN VERSIONS

vur'-shuns.

See COPTIC VERSIONS.

Greek

124. Aiguptios -- Egyptian
... Egyptian. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: Aiguptios Phonetic Spelling:
(ahee-goop'-tee-os) Short Definition: Egyptian Definition: Egyptian. ...
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2582. Kandake -- Candace, a queen of Ethiopia
... Candace, an Egyptian queen. Of foreign origin -- Candace, an Egyptian queen -- Candace.
(kandakes) -- 1 Occurrence. 2581, 2582. Kandake. 2583 . ...
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2387. Iambres -- Jambres, an Eg. sorcerer
... sorcerer NASB Word Usage Jambres (1). Jambres. Of Egyptian origin; Jambres, an Egyptian
-- Jambres. (iambres) -- 1 Occurrence. 2386, 2387. Iambres. 2388 . ...
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2389. Iannes -- Jannes, an Eg. sorcerer
... sorcerer NASB Word Usage Jannes (1). Jannes. Of Egyptian origin; Jannes, an Egyptian --
Jannes. (iannes) -- 1 Occurrence. 2388, 2389. Iannes. 2390 . ...
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5328. Pharao -- Pharaoh, an Eg. king
... Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Pharao Phonetic Spelling: (far-ah-o') Short
Definition: Pharaoh Definition: Pharaoh, the title of ancient Egyptian kings. ...
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4481. Rhemphan -- Remphan.
... Remphan. By incorrect transliteration for a word of Hebrew origin (Kiyuwn); Remphan
(ie Kijun), an Egyptian idol -- Remphan. see HEBREW Kiyuwn. ...
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4352. proskuneo -- to do reverence to
... ["The basic meaning of 4352 (), in the opinion of most scholars, is to . . .On
Egyptian reliefs worshipers are represented with outstretched hand ...
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1040. bussos -- byssus (a species of flax), also (the) linen (made ...
... Cognate: 1040 -- , ie a very expensive (sought-after) form of linen -- "a specific
species of Egyptian flax or linen made from it that is very costly, delicate ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4713. Mitsri -- inhab. of Egypt
... 4712, 4713. Mitsri. 4714 . inhab. of Egypt. Transliteration: Mitsri Phonetic
Spelling: (mits-ree') Short Definition: Egyptian. ... Egyptian, of Egypt. ...
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6549. Paroh Neko -- an Eg. king
... Paroh-Nekoh or, an Egyptian king. Or Parpoh Nkow {par-o' nek-o'}; of Egyptian
derivation; Paroh-Nekoh (or -Neko), an Egyptian king: 6548, 6549. ...
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6847. Tsaphenath Paneach -- "the god speaks and he lives ...
... Zaphnath-paaneah. Of Egyptian derivation; Tsophnath-Paneach, Joseph's Egyptian name --
Zaphnath-paaneah. 6846, 6847. Tsaphenath Paneach. 6848 . ...
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8472. Tachpenes -- an Eg. queen
... queen NASB Word Usage Tahpenes (3). Tahapanes, Tahpanhes, Tehaphnehes. Of Egyptian
derivation; Tachpenes, an Egyptian woman -- Tahpenes. 8471, 8472. ...
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6548. Paroh Chophra -- an Eg. king
... king NASB Word Usage Pharaoh Hophra (1). Pharaoh-hophra. Of Egyptian derivation;
Paroh- Chophra, an Egyptian king -- Pharaoh-hophra. 6547, 6548. ...
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6547. Paroh -- a title of Egypt kings
... kings NASB Word Usage Pharaoh (214), Pharaoh's (53). Pharaoh. Of Egyptian derivation;
Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings -- Pharaoh. 6546, 6547. ...
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7895. Shishaq -- an Eg. king
... king NASB Word Usage Shishak (7). Shishak. Or Shuwshaq {shoo-shak'}; of Egyptian
derivation; Shishak, an Egyptian king -- Shishak. 7894, 7895. Shishaq. 7896 ...
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6319. Poti Phera -- Joseph's father-in-law
... 3). Poti-pherah. Of Egyptian derivation; Poti-Phera, an Egyptian -- Poti-pherah.
6318, 6319. Poti Phera. 6320 . Strong's Numbers.
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5224. Neko -- a king of Egypt
... NASB Word Usage Neco (3). Necho. Probably of Egyptian origin; Neko, an Egyptian
king -- Necho. Compare Par'oh Nkoh. see HEBREW Par'oh Nkoh. 5223, 5224. ...
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6318. Potiphar -- Joseph's master
... Potiphar (2). Potiphar. Of Egyptian derivation: Potiphar, an Egyptian -- Potiphar.
6317, 6318. Potiphar. 6319 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

The Egyptian, who is Mentioned Also in the Acts of the Apostles.
... Book II. Chapter XXI."The Egyptian, who is mentioned also in the Acts of
the Apostles. 1. After other matters he proceeds as follows ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter xxi the egyptian who is.htm

Letter cliv. To the Egyptian Bishops.
... them of his orthodoxy and care for the Faith.) Letter CLIV. To the Egyptian
Bishops. To the Egyptian Bishops. (See Letter CLVIII.). ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/letter cliv to the egyptian.htm

Persecution of the Egyptian Monks, and of the Disciples of St. ...
... Book VI. Chapter XX."Persecution of the Egyptian Monks, and of the Disciples
of St. Antony. They were enclosed in a Certain Island ...
/.../chapter xx persecution of the egyptian.htm

Letter clxxiii. To Certain Egyptian Bishops.
... care for the Faith.) Letter CLXXIII. To Certain Egyptian Bishops. To Certain
Egyptian Bishops. (Congratulating them on the election ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/letter clxxiii to certain egyptian.htm

Egyptian Idolatry.
... Book V. Chapter XX."Egyptian Idolatry. "Although this word God is not the
name of God, but meantime that word is employed by men ...
/.../unknown/recognitions of clement /chapter xx egyptian idolatry.htm

Facts Relating to Meletius the Egyptian, from whom Originated the ...
... Book I. Chapter VIII."Facts relating to Meletius the Egyptian, from whom originated
the Meletian Schism, which remains to this day."Synodical Epistle ...
/.../chapter viii facts relating to meletius.htm

Egyptian Theory of Nature; their Amulets.
... Book IV. Chapter XLIV."Egyptian Theory of Nature; Their Amulets. For the
monad, therefore, as being beneficent, they assert that ...
/.../the refutation of all heresies/chapter xliv egyptian theory of nature.htm

Egyptian Idolatry More Reasonable than Others.
... Book V. Chapter XXI."Egyptian Idolatry More Reasonable Than Others. When
Peter was speaking thus, all we who heard him laughed. ...
/.../recognitions of clement /chapter xxi egyptian idolatry more reasonable.htm

The Egyptian Symbols and Enigmas of Sacred Things.
... The Stromata, or Miscellanies. Book IV. Chapter VII."The Egyptian Symbols
and Enigmas of Sacred Things. Whence also the Egyptians ...
/.../clement/the stromata or miscellanies/chapter vii the egyptian symbols and.htm

Argument. Perpetua is Again Tempted by Her Father Her Third vision ...
... Chapter III."Argument. Perpetua is Again Tempted by Her Father Her Third Vision,
Wherein She is Led Away to Struggle Against an Egyptian. ...
/.../chapter iii argument perpetua is again.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Pertaining to Egypt, in Africa.

2. (n.) A native, or one of the people, of Egypt; also, the Egyptian language.

3. (n.) A gypsy.

Thesaurus

Egyptian (35 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Pertaining to Egypt, in Africa. 2. (n.) A native, or one of the people,
of Egypt; also, the Egyptian language. 3. (n.) A gypsy. ...EGYPTIAN KINGS (LATER). ...
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Egyptian's (3 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Egyptian's (3 Occurrences). Genesis 39:5 It happened
from the time that he made him overseer in his house ...
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Zerah (22 Occurrences)
... is the only instance "in all the annals of Judah of a victorious encounter in the
field with a first-class heathen power in full force." The Egyptian host was ...
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Potiphar (4 Occurrences)
... Dedicated to Ra; ie, to the sun-god, the Egyptian to whom the Ishmaelites sold Joseph
(Genesis 39:1). He was "captain of the guard", ie, chief, probably, of ...
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Papyrus (4 Occurrences)
... pa-pi'-rus (Cyperus papyrus; bublos, biblos, whence biblion, a roll, ta biblia,
"the Books" = the Bible): 1. Papyrus Paper 2. Egyptian Papyri 3. Aramaic Papyri ...
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Cambyses
... CAMBYSES. kam-bi'-sez (Aram., cnbnzy; Persian, Kambujiya; Assyrian, Kambuzia; Egyptian,
Kambythet; Susian, Kanpuziya): The older son of Cyrus, king of Persia. ...
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Club (7 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 23:21 He killed an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear
in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out ...
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Asenath (3 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary An Egyptian name, meaning "gift of the sun-god", daughter
of Potipherah, priest of On or Heliopolis, wife of Joseph (Genesis 41:45). ...
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Snatched (15 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 23:21 He killed an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear
in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out ...
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Slayeth (28 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 23:21 And he hath smitten the Egyptian man, a man of appearance, and in
the hand of the Egyptian 'is' a spear, and he goeth down unto him with a rod ...
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Bible Concordance

Egyptian (35 Occurrences)

Acts 7:24 Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 7:28 Do you want to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?'
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 21:38 Aren't you then the Egyptian, who before these days stirred up to sedition and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the Assassins?"
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 16:1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children. She had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 16:3 Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 21:9 Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 25:12 Now this is the history of the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bore to Abraham.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 39:1 Joseph was brought down to Egypt. Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites that had brought him down there.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 39:2 Yahweh was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man. He was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 39:5 It happened from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that Yahweh blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of Yahweh was on all that he had, in the house and in the field.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 47:20 So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine was severe on them, and the land became Pharaoh's.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 1:19 The midwives said to Pharaoh, "Because the Hebrew women aren't like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous, and give birth before the midwife comes to them."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 2:11 It happened in those days, when Moses had grown up, that he went out to his brothers, and looked at their burdens. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his brothers.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 2:12 He looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no one, he killed the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 2:14 He said, "Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you plan to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian?" Moses was afraid, and said, "Surely this thing is known."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 2:19 They said, "An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 7:11 Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers; and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did in like manner with their secret arts.
(See NIV)

Exodus 14:24 It happened in the morning watch, that Yahweh looked out on the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and confused the Egyptian army.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 24:10 The son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel; and the son of the Israelite woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 23:7 You shall not abhor an Edomite; for he is your brother: you shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 30:11 They found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 30:13 And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick.
(See JPS YLT NIV)

2 Samuel 23:21 He killed an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and killed him with his own spear.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 7:6 For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great army: and they said one to another, Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come on us.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS NIV)

1 Chronicles 2:34 Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 11:23 He killed an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and killed him with his own spear.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezra 9:1 Now when these things were done, the princes drew near to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 136:10 To him who struck down the Egyptian firstborn; for his loving kindness endures forever;
(WEB NAS)

Proverbs 7:16 I have decked my couch with coverlets, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
(See RSV)

Isaiah 11:15 Yahweh will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his scorching wind he will wave his hand over the River, and will split it into seven streams, and cause men to march over in sandals.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NIV)

Isaiah 19:2 I will stir up the Egyptians against the Egyptians, and they will fight everyone against his brother, and everyone against his neighbor; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
(Root in WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 19:23 In that day there will be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria; and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 20:4 So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
(Root in KJV WBS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 30:7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.
(Root in KJV WBS YLT)

Zechariah 14:18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, nor come in, Then not on them is the plague With which Jehovah doth plague the nations That go not up to celebrate the feast of booths.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Egyptian

Egyptian Kings

Egyptian Versions

Related Terms

Egyptian's (3 Occurrences)

Zerah (22 Occurrences)

Potiphar (4 Occurrences)

Papyrus (4 Occurrences)

Cambyses

Club (7 Occurrences)

Asenath (3 Occurrences)