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Lexicon :: Strong's H339 - 'î

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אִי
Transliteration
'î
Pronunciation
ee
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 39a

Strong’s Definitions

אִי ʼîy, ee; from H183; properly, a habitable spot (as desirable); dry land, a coast, an island:—country, isle, island.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x

The KJV translates Strong's H339 in the following manner: isle(s) (30x), islands (5x), country (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x
The KJV translates Strong's H339 in the following manner: isle(s) (30x), islands (5x), country (1x).

  1. coast, island, shore, region

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אִי ʼîy, ee; from H183; properly, a habitable spot (as desirable); dry land, a coast, an island:—country, isle, island.
STRONGS H339: Abbreviations
† I. אִי noun masculineIsaiah 20:5 (feminineIsaiah 23:2) coast, region (contracted from אֱוִי so Ol§ 152 b; place whither one betakes oneself for resting, etc., originally from mariner's standpoint) — אִי absolute Isaiah 20:6 +; construct Jeremiah 47:4; (Job 22:30 see below IV. אִי compare Di) plural אִיִּים Psalm 72:10 +; אִיִּן Ezekiel 26:18 (Co איים) אִיֵּי Genesis 10:5 +; — coast, border, region (mostly late), of Philistia & Phenicia with adjacent country Isaiah 20:6; Isaiah 23:2, 6; so of Caphtor (= Crete) Jeremiah 47:4; מַלְכֵי הָאִי אֲשֶׁר בְּעֵבֶר הַיָּם Jeremiah 25:22; elswhere plural, coasts of Chittim Jeremiah 2:10; Ezekiel 27:6, of Elishah Ezekiel 27:7; different countries (on or in sea) Ezekiel 27:3; Ezekiel 27:15; Ezekiel 27:35; Ezekiel 26:15, 18 (twice in verse) (last strike out Co compare Greek Version of the LXX) compare Ezekiel 39:6, so also אִיֵּי הַגּוֺיִם Genesis 10:5 (P); particular אִיֵּי הַיָּם = coast-lands & islands Isaiah 11:11; Isaiah 24:15, || הָאָרֶץ Esther 10:1; see (without הַיָּם) Daniel 11:18, & Psalm 72:10; so often Isa2 including inhabitants, Psalm 41:1, 5; Psalm 42:4, 10 (אִיִּים וְישְׁבֵיהֶם || הַיָּם וּמְלֹאוֺ) Isaiah 42:12; Isaiah 49:1; Isaiah 51:5; Isaiah 59:18; Isaiah 60:9; Isaiah 66:19; compare Jeremiah 31:10; Psalm 97:1; Zephaniah 2:11 (אִיֵּי הַגּוֺיִם); islands, distinctly (taken up by א׳ as little things) Isaiah 40:15; coasts, banks, i.e. habitable lands Isaiah 42:15 (|| נְהָרוֺת).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:5; 10:5

Esther

10:1

Job

22:30

Psalms

41:1; 41:5; 42:4; 42:10; 72:10; 72:10; 97:1

Isaiah

11:11; 20:5; 20:6; 20:6; 23:2; 23:2; 23:6; 24:15; 40:15; 42:12; 42:15; 49:1; 51:5; 59:18; 60:9; 66:19

Jeremiah

2:10; 25:22; 31:10; 47:4; 47:4

Ezekiel

26:15; 26:18; 26:18; 27:3; 27:6; 27:7; 27:15; 27:35; 39:6

Daniel

11:18

Zephaniah

2:11

H339

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Strong's Number H339 matches the Hebrew אִי ('î),
which occurs 36 times in 35 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:5 - Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 10:1 - And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:10 -
The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render tribute:
The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 97:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:1 -
Jehovah reigneth; let the earth rejoice;
Let the multitude of isles be glad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:11 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, that shall remain, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:6 - And the inhabitant of this coast-land shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and we, how shall we escape?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:2 - Be still, ye inhabitants of the coast, thou whom the merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:6 - Pass ye over to Tarshish; wail, ye inhabitants of the coast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:15 - Wherefore glorify ye Jehovah in the east, even the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:15 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are accounted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:1 - Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the peoples renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak; let us come near together to judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:5 - The isles have seen, and fear; the ends of the earth tremble; they draw near, and come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:4 - He will not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set justice in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:10 - Sing unto Jehovah a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth; ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:12 - Let them give glory unto Jehovah, and declare his praise in the islands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:15 - I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:1 - Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye peoples, from far: Jehovah hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:5 - My righteousness is near, my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the peoples; the isles shall wait for me, and on mine arm shall they trust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:18 - According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, wrath to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:9 - Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, for the name of Jehovah thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:19 - And I will set a sign among them, and I will send such as escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:10 - For pass over to the isles of Kittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there hath been such a thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:22 - and all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the isle which is beyond the sea;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:10 - Hear the word of Jehovah, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off; and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:4 - because of the day that cometh to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper that remaineth: for Jehovah will destroy the Philistines, the remnant of the isle of Caphtor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:15 - Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to Tyre: shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded groan, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:18 - Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be dismayed at thy departure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:3 - and say unto Tyre, O thou that dwellest at the entry of the sea, that art the merchant of the peoples unto many isles, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou, O Tyre, hast said, I am perfect in beauty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:6 - Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; they have made thy benches of ivory inlaid in boxwood, from the isles of Kittim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:7 - Of fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was thy sail, that it might be to thee for an ensign; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was thine awning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:15 - The men of Dedan were thy traffickers; many isles were the mart of thy hand: they brought thee in exchange horns of ivory and ebony.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:35 - All the inhabitants of the isles are astonished at thee, and their kings are horribly afraid; they are troubled in their countenance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:6 - And I will send a fire on Magog, and on them that dwell securely in the isles; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:18 - After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; yea, moreover, he shall cause his reproach to turn upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:11 - Jehovah will be terrible unto them; for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the nations.
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