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|strgr=of [[uncertain]] [[derivation]]; Ægyptus, the [[land]] of the [[Nile]]: [[Egypt]].
|strgr=of [[uncertain]] [[derivation]]; Ægyptus, the [[land]] of the [[Nile]]: [[Egypt]].
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|txtha=ἡ ([[always]] [[without]] the [[article]], Buttmann, 87 (76); Winer s Grammar, § 18,5a.), the [[proper]] [[name]] of a [[well-known]] [[country]], [[Egypt]]: γῆ [[Αἴγυπτος]], L WH Tr [[text]]), ἡ γῆ [[Αἴγυπτος]], ἐν Αἰγύπτου [[namely]], γῆ, Buttmann, 171 (149); (Winer's Grammar, 384 (359)). In [[Αἴγυπτος]] is [[figuratively]] used for [[Jerusalem]], i. e. for the Jewish [[nation]] viewed as persecuting Christ and his followers, and so to be likened to the Egyptians in [[their]] [[ancient]] [[hostility]] to the true God and [[their]] endeavors to [[crush]] his [[people]].
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