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Lexicon :: Strong's H335 - 'ay

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אַי
Transliteration
'ay
Pronunciation
ah'ee
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Part of Speech
interrogative adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps from אַיִן (H370)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 75

Strong’s Definitions

אַי ʼay, ah'ee; perhaps from H370; where? hence how?:—how, what, whence, where, whether, which (way).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H335 in the following manner: where, what, whence.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H335 in the following manner: where, what, whence.

  1. where?, whence?

  2. which?, how? (in prefix with other adverb)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַי ʼay, ah'ee; perhaps from H370; where? hence how?:—how, what, whence, where, whether, which (way).
STRONGS H335: Abbreviations
[אַי] (أَىًّ, አይ፡ in Syriac in compounds as NfkyAf how ? WSG 120-2; compare Assyrian aiu, who? what?).
† 1. interrogative adverb where?
a. so with suffix אַיֶּ֫כָּה [a verbal form, see Sta§ 355 b. 3] Genesis 3:9; אַיּוֺ Exodus 2:20, poetry where is he? = he is nowhere Job 14:10; Job 20:7 (Jeremiah 37:19 read Qr אַיֵּה); אַיָּם Nahum 3:17 (in indirect question) and the place thereof is not known, אַיָּם where they are. Idiomatically, with the suffix anticipating the noun to which it refers (Ew§ 309 c, compare DrSm. i. 21, 14) 2 Kings 19:13 אַיּוֺ מֶלֶח־חֲמָת where is he, the king of Hamath? (|| Isaiah 37:13 אַיֵּה) Isaiah 19:12; Micah 7:10. When used alone, or with other adverbs (see below), it is contracted to אֵי Genesis 4:9; Deuteronomy 32:37; 1 Samuel 26:16; Proverbs 31:4 Qr. (The more usual form is אַיֵּה.)
b. strengthened by the enclitic זֶה (see זֶה, 4 אֵי־זֶה 15 where, then ? (never of a person, except Esther 7:5 (late), & only once 1 Kings 22:24 [but see 2 Chronicles 18:23] with a verb) Isaiah 50:1; Isaiah 66:1 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 6:16, in indirect question 1 Samuel 9:18; in the phrase ⬩⬩⬩אֵי־זֶה הַדֶּרֶח where is the way (that)... ? † 1 Kings 13:12; 2 Kings 3:8; 2 Chronicles 18:23; Job 38:19a Job 38:24.
2. prefixed to other adverbs or pronouns, אֵי imparts to them an interrogative force: thus
a. אֵי־זֶה which (of two or more)? only Ecclesiastes 2:3; Ecclesiastes 11:6 (late), in indirect question
b. † אֵי־מִזֶּה whence ? (מִזֶּה = hence; see below זֶה) Genesis 16:8 אֵי־מִזֶּה בָאתְ 1 Samuel 30:13; 2 Samuel 1:3, 13; Job 2:2; in indirect question Judges 13:6; 1 Samuel 25:11; with substantive annexed 2 Samuel 15:2 אֵי־מִזֶּה עִיר אַתָּה literally whence, as regards city, art thou ? Jonah 1:8.
c. † אֵי־לָזֹאת Jeremiah 5:7 upon what ground ? (Vulgate super quo? how? With other adverbs, אֵי coalesces into one word, see אֵיכָה, אֵיכָכָה, אֵיפֹה.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:9; 4:9; 16:8

Exodus

2:20

Deuteronomy

32:37

Judges

13:6

1 Samuel

9:18; 25:11; 26:16; 30:13

2 Samuel

1:3; 1:13; 15:2

1 Kings

13:12; 22:24

2 Kings

3:8; 19:13

2 Chronicles

18:23; 18:23

Esther

7:5

Job

2:2; 14:10; 20:7; 38:19; 38:24

Proverbs

31:4

Ecclesiastes

2:3; 11:6

Isaiah

19:12; 37:13; 50:1; 66:1

Jeremiah

5:7; 6:16; 37:19

Jonah

1:8

Micah

7:10

Nahum

3:17

H335

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H335 matches the Hebrew אַי ('ay),
which occurs 38 times in 36 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:9 - But the LORD God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:9 - Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:8 - And he said, “Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from my mistress Sarai.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:37 - Then he will say, ‘Where are their gods,
the rock in which they took refuge,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:6 - Then the woman came and told her husband, “A man of God came to me, and his appearance was like the appearance of the angel of God, very awesome. I did not ask him where he was from, and he did not tell me his name,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:18 - Then Saul approached Samuel in the gate and said, “Tell me where is the house of the seer?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:11 - Shall I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have killed for my shearers and give it to men who come from I do not know where?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:16 - This thing that you have done is not good. As the LORD lives, you deserve to die, because you have not kept watch over your lord, the LORD’s anointed. And now see where the king’s spear is and the jar of water that was at his head.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:13 - And David said to him, “To whom do you belong? And where are you from?” He said, “I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite, and my master left me behind because I fell sick three days ago.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:3 - David said to him, “Where do you come from?” And he said to him, “I have escaped from the camp of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:13 - And David said to the young man who told him, “Where do you come from?” And he answered, “I am the son of a sojourner, an Amalekite.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:2 - And Absalom used to rise early and stand beside the way of the gate. And when any man had a dispute to come before the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him and say, “From what city are you?” And when he said, “Your servant is of such and such a tribe in Israel,”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:12 - And their father said to them, “Which way did he go?” And his sons showed him the way that the man of God who came from Judah had gone.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:24 - Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, “How did the Spirit of the LORD go from me to speak to you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:8 - Then he said, “By which way shall we march?” Jehoram answered, “By the way of the wilderness of Edom.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:13 - Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, the king of Hena, or the king of Ivvah?’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:23 - Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go from me to speak to you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:5 - Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther, “Who is he, and where is he, who has dared[fn] to do this?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:2 - And the LORD said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Satan answered the LORD and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:7 - he will perish forever like his own dung;
those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:12 - “But where shall wisdom be found?
And where is the place of understanding?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:20 - “From where, then, does wisdom come?
And where is the place of understanding?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:10 - But none says, ‘Where is God my Maker,
who gives songs in the night,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:19 - “Where is the way to the dwelling of light,
and where is the place of darkness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:24 - What is the way to the place where the light is distributed,
or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:4 - It is not for kings, O Lemuel,
it is not for kings to drink wine,
or for rulers to take strong drink,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3 - I searched with my heart how to cheer my body with wine—my heart still guiding me with wisdom—and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was good for the children of man to do under heaven during the few days of their life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:6 - In the morning sow your seed, and at evening withhold not your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:12 - Where then are your wise men?
Let them tell you
that they might know what the LORD of hosts has purposed against Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 50:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:1 - Thus says the LORD:
“Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce,
with which I sent her away?
Or which of my creditors is it
to whom I have sold you?
Behold, for your iniquities you were sold,
and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:1 - Thus says the LORD:
“Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool;
what is the house that you would build for me,
and what is the place of my rest?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:7 - “How can I pardon you?
Your children have forsaken me
and have sworn by those who are no gods.
When I fed them to the full,
they committed adultery
and trooped to the houses of whores.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:16 - Thus says the LORD:
“Stand by the roads, and look,
and ask for the ancient paths,
where the good way is; and walk in it,
and find rest for your souls.
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:19 - Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you and against this land’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:8 - Then they said to him, “Tell us on whose account this evil has come upon us. What is your occupation? And where do you come from? What is your country? And of what people are you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:17 - Your princes are like grasshoppers,
your scribes[fn] like clouds of locusts
settling on the fences
in a day of cold—
when the sun rises, they fly away;
no one knows where they are.
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