αἰγιαλός, (οῦ, ὁ, the shore of the sea, beach, (from Homer down): Mat_13:2; Mat_13:48; Joh_21:4; Act_21:5; Act_27:39-40. (Many derive the word from ἄγνυμι and ἅλς, as though equivalent to ἀκτή, the place where the sea breaks; others from αἶγες billows and ἅλς (Curtius, § 140; Vanicek, p. 83); others from ἀΐσσω and ἅλς (Schenkl, Liddell and Scott, under the word), the place where the sea rushes forth, bounds forward).

αἰγιαλός aigialos 6x seashore, beach, Mat_13:2 , Mat_13:48 ; Joh_21:4 ; Act_21:5 ; Act_27:39 f.

αἰγιαλός , -οῦ , ὁ (on the derivation, v. Boisacq, s.v. ), [in LXX : Jdg_5:17 ( ηεΚσ ), Sir_24:14 * ;] the sea-shore, beach ( cf. Field, Notes , 146; DCG , i, 175, 1.; MM , VGT , s.v. ): Mat_13:2 ; Mat_13:48 , Joh_21:4 , Act_21:5 ; Act_27:39-40 ,†

αἰγιαλός [page 12] The word is common (MGr = seashore ); but it may be noted that in P Tebt I. 79 ( c. B.C. 148) it refers to the shore of Lake Moeris; in ib. 82 (B.C. 115) and 83 (late ii/B.C.) to the shore of a marshy lake then covering the neighbourhood of Medinet Nehβs (see the editors note on p. 346). So P Fay 82 .3 (A.D. 145), P Tebt II. 308 .5 (A.D. 174). On the use of the term in Act_27:39 , see W. M. Ramsay St Paul , p. 341, and Expositor V. vi. p. 154 ff. P Fay 222 (iii/A.D.) is the beginning of a document addressed Φιλίππῳ αἰγιαλοφύλακι Ἀρσινοί [του ]. We find γῆ αἰγιαλῖτις mentioned in P Oxy VI. 918 xiii. 10 (ii/A.D.), P Lond 924 .7 (A.D. 187 8) ( = III. p. 134) : Sir F. G. Kenyon renders land on the border of the lake.

αἰγιαλός [Etym: αἴξ 11] "the sea-shore, beach, strand", Hom. , Hdt. ; αἰγιαλὸν ἔνδον τρέφει, i. e. he has a whole sea-beach (i. e. "quantities of voting-pebbles", ψῆφοι) in his house, Ar.

αἰγιαλός, -οῦ, ὁ (on the derivation, see Boisacq, see word), [in LXX: Jdg.5:17 (חוֹף), Sir.24:14 * ;] the sea-shore, beach (cf. Field, Notes, 146; DCG, i, 175 f.; MM, VGT, see word): Mat.13:2,48 Jhn.21:4, Act.21:5 27:39,40.† (AS)