Midvash

מָצוֹרmâtsôwr

proper name [of a territory]: = מִצְרַיִם; only in poetry (Isaiah 19:6; 2 Kings 19:24; Isaiah 37:25; Micah 7:12)

Pronunciation: maw-tsore' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4693

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Kings 19:24 I have dug wells in many foreign lands and refreshed myself with their water. With the sole of my foot I stopped up all the rivers of Egypt!’
  • Isaiah 19:6 The canals of the Nile will dry up, and the streams of Egypt will stink with rotting reeds and rushes.
  • Isaiah 37:25 I have dug wells in many foreign lands and refreshed myself with their water. With the sole of my foot, I stopped up all the rivers of Egypt!’
  • Micah 7:12 People from many lands will come and honor you— from Assyria all the way to the towns of Egypt, from Egypt all the way to the Euphrates River, and from distant seas and mountains.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).