What does αἰγιαλός (aigialós) mean in the Bible?
αἰγιαλός (aigialós) is a Greek word meaning "a beach (on which the waves dash)".
Greek · G123
αἰγιαλός
A beach (on which the waves dash)
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αἰγιαλός G123
Pronunciation aigialós
What does αἰγιαλός (aigialós) mean in the Bible?
αἰγιαλός (aigialós) is a Greek word meaning "a beach (on which the waves dash)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G123?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include beach (2), shore (2), a sandy beach (1), ashore (1).
Where does αἰγιαλός (aigialós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 13:2. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (3), Matthew (2), John (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It beach 2× Acts 21:5, Acts 27:40
shore 2× Matthew 13:2, John 21:4
a sandy beach 1× Acts 27:39
ashore 1× Matthew 13:48
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 13:2 αἰγιαλὸν to shore Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Matthew 13:48 αἰγιαλὸν to ashore Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular John 21:4 αἰγιαλόν to shore Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Acts 21:5 αἰγιαλὸν to beach Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Acts 27:39 αἰγιαλὸν to a sandy beach Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Acts 27:40 αἰγιαλόν to beach Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 13:2
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 3
Matthew 2 John 1 Acts 3
Source forms
αἰγιαλὸν 4x aigialon Matthew 13:2, Matthew 13:48, Acts 21:5, Acts 27:39
αἰγιαλόν 2x aigialon John 21:4, Acts 27:40
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 6x Matthew 13:2, Matthew 13:48, John 21:4, Acts 21:5
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a beach (on which the waves dash)
Strong's G123
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 1 form 6 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a beach (on which the waves dash)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 13:2 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
αἰγιαλὸν aigialon
sea-coast, beach
Read verse Matthew 13:48 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
αἰγιαλόν, aigialon
sea-coast, beach
Read verse John 21:4 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
αἰγιαλόν· aigialon
sea-coast, beach
Read verse Acts 21:5 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
αἰγιαλὸν aigialon
sea-coast, beach
Read verse Acts 27:39 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
αἰγιαλόν, aigialon
sea-coast, beach
Read verse Acts 27:40 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
αἰγιαλόν. aigialon
sea-coast, beach
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 6 Case pattern Accusative (6) Number pattern Singular (6)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 13:2 · Matt 13:48 · John 21:4 · Acts 21:5 · Acts 27:39 · Acts 27:40 6×
Word Origins
αἰγιαλός is built from this root:
ἅλς G251
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain