What does אֶרֶץ · מִצְרַיִם mean in the Bible?
אֶרֶץ · מִצְרַיִם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "Land of Egypt".
Hebrew · H776, H4714
אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם
The earth (at large, or partitively a land ) · Mitsrajim , i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
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אֶרֶץ H776 the earth (at large, or partitively a land )
Pronunciation erets
Physical ground and soil extend metaphorically to inhabited territory, nation, and cosmic order under divine rule.
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מִצְרַיִם H4714 Mitsrajim , i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
Pronunciation miṣĕrayim
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What does אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם (erets Mitsrayim) mean in the Bible?
אֶרֶץ · מִצְרַיִם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "Land of Egypt".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H776, H4714?
H776, H4714 is connected to 3,140 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. Land of Egypt
Strong's H776, H4714
Lexical occurrences 3,140 verses Source Gloss
Land of Egypt
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain