Strong’s H4714 · Hebrew

מִצְרַיִם
Mitsrayim
mits-rah'-yim

Definition

Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt

Etymology

dual of H4693 (מָצוֹר);

Where the KJV renders it

  • Egypt
  • Egyptians
  • Mizraim

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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