Aigialós — G123

Definition

masculine noun

a beach (on which the waves dash)

Usually translated as

shore

Origin

from aḯssō (to rush) and G251 (in the sense of the sea

• háls (G251)

Occurrences

Aigialós occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (2), John (1), Acts (3)

• Matthew 13:2 — And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore (αἰγιαλόν).
• Matthew 13:48 — Which, when it was full, they drew to shore (αἰγιαλόν), and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
• John 21:4 — But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore (αἰγιαλόν): but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus.
• Acts 21:5 — And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore (αἰγιαλόν), and prayed.
• Acts 27:39 — And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore (αἰγιαλόν), into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.
• Acts 27:40 — And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore (αἰγιαλόν).