Egypt
Aiguptos is the named land associated with journeys, Israel's past, and, once, a spiritual designation for a city.
The term most often names the land as a destination, location, or point of departure in accounts of Joseph, Israel, Moses, and the flight of the child with his mother. In Revelation 11:8, it is also applied spiritually as one of the names given to the great city.
Senses in use
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The named land in travel and Israel's history · dominant
The noun identifies a geographic land in movements to, residence in, and departure from it: in Matthew 2:13 the APB renders the command to “flee to Egypt,” while Acts 13:17 speaks of Israel's sojourn “in the land of Egypt.” Acts 7:10 places Pharaoh's rule over it, and Hebrews 8:9 recalls being led out of its land.
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A spiritual designation for a great city · rare
In Revelation 11:8, the nominative singular feminine form occurs in the statement that the great city “is called spiritually Sodom and Egypt,” where the term is applied as a spiritual name rather than identifying a travel destination or land of residence.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the occurrences, the APB generally presents the place-name as “Egypt,” including phrases such as “land of Egypt” and “out of Egypt.” In Revelation 11:8 it retains “Egypt” within the spiritual naming of the great city.