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(properly îַöְøַé , Mitsri', Áἰãýðôéïò ; but often in the plur. as a rendering in the A.V. of îַöְøִéñַí , Egypt), a native of the land of Egypt (q.v.); found in the sing. masc. (Gen_39:1, etc.; Act_21:38, etc.), fem. îַöְøַéú (Gen_16:1), plur. masc. îַöְøַéí (Gen_12:12; Gen_12:14; Act_7:22, etc.), fem. îַöְøַéּåֹú . (Exo_1:19). The Egyptian insurrectionist of Act_21:38, seems to have been a mountebank ( ãüçò , Josephus, War, 2:13, 5), or pretended prophet (Ant. 20:7, 6). See PAUL. That country was proverbial for such characters.