αἰγιᾰλός G0123
Shore, beach; a sandy or pebbly stretch of coastline used as a landing place or gathering area.
In the New Testament, aigialos refers to the strip of land where sea meets shore -- a place of transition and encounter. Jesus taught the crowds from a boat while they stood on the beach (Matt 13:2), and fishermen sorted their catch there (Matt 13:48). The risen Christ appeared on the shore of the Sea of Galilee (John 21:4). In Acts, believers knelt in prayer on the beach at Tyre (21:5), and the shipwrecked crew spotted an unknown bay with a beach on Malta (27:39-40).
Senses
1. shore, beach — A sandy or pebbly stretch of coastline at the water's edge, serving as a place for landing boats, gathering, or fishing. All six NT occurrences designate the same physical feature. In the Gospels it is the setting for Jesus' parabolic teaching from a boat (Matt 13:2) and the post-resurrection appearance (John 21:4). In Acts it is both a place of communal prayer (21:5) and the target of a desperate shipwreck landing (27:39-40). Spanish 'playa/orilla' and German 'Ufer' both capture the shoreline sense, while French 'rivage' carries a slightly more literary register. 6×
AR["الشَّاطِئِ", "شَاطِئٌ", "شَاطِئِ"]·ben["তীর", "তীরে", "তীরে;", "তীরের"]·DE["Ufer", "αἰγιαλόν", "αἰγιαλὸν"]·EN["a-beach", "beach", "shore"]·FR["rivage"]·heb["הַחוֹף", "חוֹף"]·HI["किनरे-पर", "किनारा", "किनारे", "किनारेकी।", "समुद्र-तट"]·ID["pantai", "pantai,", "pantai."]·IT["aigialon", "riva"]·jav["pasisir,", "pesisir", "pesisir,", "pesisir."]·KO["해변", "해변-위에", "해변에", "해변으로", "해변을"]·PT["praia", "praia,", "praia."]·RU["берег", "берегу", "берегу,"]·ES["orilla", "playa"]·SW["pwani", "ufuko", "ufukwe", "ufuo"]·TR["kumsala", "kumsalın", "kıyıda", "kıyının", "kıyıya"]·urd["ساحل", "ساحِل", "کنارے-پر"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
αἰγιᾰλός, ὁ, sea-shore, beach, Refs 8th c.BC+; distinguished from ἀκτή, Refs 5th c.BC+; αἰγιαλὸν ἔνδον τρέφει a whole beach of voting-pelbles, Refs 5th c.BC+, of deaf persons, Refs 2nd c.AD+