αἰγιαλός
aigialos
shore
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredAccording to the given Strong's number (G0123) and lexicon data, the Greek word αἰγιαλός (aigialos) is consistently translated to "shore." It appears six times in the Bible, indicating its range of usage is relatively limited but significant. The meaning of αἰγιαλός is most straightforward: it refers to a shoreline, a boundary between land and sea. Its usage in the Bible suggests that the concept of a shore is an important geographic feature, likely due to its association with travel, trade, and cultural exchange. The shore may also serve as a metaphor for transition or boundary, separating one domain from another. While the specific context of each occurrence is not provided, the recurrence of αἰγιαλός as a shore implies its importance in biblical geography and thought. As a fundamental spatial concept, it can evoke ideas of journey, border, or threshold in the broader narrative of the Bible.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
6 total occurrences across the text
Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat, and sat, and all the multitude stood on the beach.
Matthew 13:48which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach. They sat down, and gathered the good into containers, but the bad they threw away.
John 21:4But when day had already come, Jesus stood on the beach, yet the disciples didn’t know that it was Jesus.
Acts 21:5When those days were over, we departed and went on our journey. They all, with wives and children, brought us on our way until we were out of the city. Kneeling down on the beach, we prayed.
Acts 27:39When it was day, they didn’t recognize the land, but they noticed a certain bay with a beach, and they decided to try to drive the ship onto it.
Acts 27:40Casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time untying the rudder ropes. Hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.