aigialos is the waterside edge where people stand, pray, arrive by boat, or draw in a net.

The attested use consistently denotes the waterside edge as a place where people stand or kneel, where a boat is directed, and where a net is brought up. The form is accusative singular masculine in every supplied occurrence.

1. Waterside edge for gathering, arrival, and work · dominant

   In Matthew 13:2 the crowd stands there while Jesus sits in a boat, and in John 21:4 Jesus stands there after morning comes. Acts 21:5 places kneeling and prayer there; Acts 27:39 and Acts 27:40 describe directing a boat toward it; Matthew 13:48 has a full net pulled up there for sorting.

   Acts 21:5Acts 27:39Acts 27:40John 21:4Matthew 13:2Matthew 13:48

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses "shore" in each supplied verse, including scenes of standing, kneeling, approaching by boat, and pulling up a net. This rendering confirms the verse-level setting rather than establishing a finer distinction.