"seashore, beach, Mt. 13:2, 48; Jn. 21:4; Acts 21:5; 27:39f.*"
Definition and meaning
seashore, beach, Mt. 13:2, 48; Jn. 21:4; Acts 21:5; 27:39f.*
In the original Greek the word is written: αἰγιαλός
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of aigialos (G123) across the King James Bible.
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.
Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus.
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, and prayed.
And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.
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.
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Common questions
Strong's G123 (aigialos) is a Greek word that means: seashore, beach, Mt. 13:2, 48; Jn. 21:4; Acts 21:5; 27:39f.* It appears 6 times in the King James Bible.
The word aigialos (G123) appears 6 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G123 is aigialos, a Greek word defined as: seashore, beach, Mt. 13:2, 48; Jn. 21:4; Acts 21:5; 27:39f.*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
aigialos is a Greek word found in the New Testament.